Tuesday January 12, 2010

I've Been Thinking:

The White House just announced that National Security Director James Jones will be making a trip to the Middle East.

Jones, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Presidential Special Envoy George Mitchell will be making this trip together.

The pressure is on.

General Jones is no stranger to the region. He was military attache at the US embassy in Tel Aviv and served as military point man for the peace process for several years. Jones' military insight was regularly referred to and even sought after for years. Now he is the man with the office right next to the president. After Rahm Emanuel and David Axelrod James Jones is the most influential person in the White House.

Jones has been enormously critical of Israel in the past.

He has also been characterized as having a very realistic approach to life.

Obama is sending a messenger to the region by sending Jones o this trip.
This is not a fact finding tour or a diplomatic trip.
Obama is laying down the line.
This is a roll Jones feels very comfortable filling.

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