Saturday January 23, 2010

I've Been Thinking:

President Obama has an interview in this weeks Time magazine.

He admits that he overestimated his ability to bring the Palestinians and the Israelis to a mutual agreement.

Overestimated is an understatement.
Before Obama was in power there was dialogue and discussion.
Now, literally since the very first days of Obama's presidency, there has been no dialogue, no discussion and no independent meetings.

In other words, the good intentions of the President coupled with his poor briefings and complete misunderstanding of the situation has caused the sides to move farther apart then they were before his meddling.

Exactly one year ago the new president insisted on a total settlement freeze as a precondition to talks between Israelis and Palestinians. 365 days later there has been no progress.

Middle East analysts are now singing a round of "I told you so."
Maybe next time he'll listen to us.

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