The window isn't even open yet
There's a lot in this column with which I don't agree - largely because I don't think peace is possible now or in the foreseeable future, barring a total military defeat of the Arabs by Israel. But this little bit near the end is spot-on. We hear time and again that the enemy of peace in the Middle East is time, and that time is running out. Perhaps that is what has caused Mr. Obama and his team to misstep so badly; they think it’s a race against the clock. Do something now or fail. But the real enemy of a negotiated settlement in the Mideast is not time; it’s failure. Neither Israel nor the Palestinians nor the United States can afford to fail again. After yet another failure, it could well result in perpetual violence.We keep being told that 'there's no time like now,' that there's a 'window of opportunity' and that the 'window is closing.' In fact, for as long as I can remember, that's what one US administration after another - going back at least to Bush 41 - has been saying about the prospects for peace in the Middle East. It just isn't so. The window isn't open and it never has been.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:56 AM
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The Arabs and the Palestinians in the last 17 years have not taken one step towards peace with Israel.
And they are not going to take one in the future. The window to real peace hasn't opened in the Middle East even though the West has acted like its the opposite there for a quite a while now.
What could go wrong indeed
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