Saturday June 25, 2011

I've Been Thinking:

On Thursday US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified in front of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

While her testimony was not a surprise, the implications are cataclysmic.

Clinton explained why the United States is involved in negotiations with the Taliban. She called it "unpleasant but necessary." From the US point of view, the purpose of talks with the Taliban is to secure peaceful interaction between the sides.

All the Taliban want is to get the United States out - and if talks will help that along, so be it.

The problem with these talks is not the total myopia of the United States, I've come to expect that. The problem is that this paradigm can now be used to force Israel to talk with Hamas.

Logic would dictate that if the United States can talk to the Taliban then Israel should be able to speak to Hamas. But logic plays no role in the thoughts or actions of Hamas vis a vis Israel.

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