Wednesday February 10, 2010

I've Been Thinking:

The State Department released Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's schedule yesterday and on the agenda is the Middle East.

The secretary of state will be spending Saturday through Tuesday in Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
This is Clinton's first trip to Qatar as the top US diplomat and she will be talking about two major topics.
The first topic she will address is Iran.
The second topic is jump starting the Israel/Palestinian dialogue.

Clinton will be addressing the US - Islamic World Forum and she will deal with these two topics in both public and behind closed doors.

The United States needs to apply pressure on Iran.
The Forum is the perfect place to recruit regional leaders to join forces with the West and help isolate Iran.
This trip by the secretary of state could turn out to be a very effective diplomatic maneuver on the part of the United States.

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