Monday November 24, 2008

I've Been Thinking:

This evening Olmert and Bush will meet in the White House.
It will be their last official get together, two lame ducks meeting and then having dinner together with their spouses.

They will certainly talk about Iran
They will certainly talk about Palestinian/Israeli peace negotiations.
They will talk about two big issues, both stalemated.

Here is the situation:
The US is laying blame for the stalemate with the Palestinians on the Israeli democratic process which is moving towards an election on February 10, 2009.
Yesterday, on Air Force One, returning from a summit meeting with President Bush in Peru, Condi Rice said "[e]ven though there was not an agreement by the end of the year, it is really largely because of the political situation in Israel."

Here is the problem:
The Palestinians are slated to have a presidential election on January 9th. But that election will probably not happen. The PA will probably bow away from the presidential election saying national interests preclude an election at this time.

Here is the truth:
A democracy permits its citizens to determine the direction of their society.
The Palestinian Authority is still not a democracy.
The United States, under Bush and under Obama, should recognize that reality.

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