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| ANALYSIS: Sec Clinton pushes for Mid-East Peace Deal |
| 2010-09-20 |
| LA Times Opinion Masquerading As News. Obama thinks that a peace deal can be achieved "within a year." Hillary has been assigned the thankless task. So our secretary of state wants a 'peace' deal that allows her to stand at the dais, look intelligent, and set herself up for a Nobel? She can join every other SoS of the past fifty years. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders 11 times in three Middle Eastern cities last week, a diplomatic marathon that produced only promises that the adversaries remain committed to the latest U.S.-led peace initiative. Not exactly a Kissinger-esque breakthrough... Clinton couldn't extract the result she needs: that the two sides put aside their differences over Jewish construction in the occupied West Bank and move on. Obama doesn't want a Clinton breakthrough. That's why he sent her to the New Graveyard Of Politicians. "All of this is complicated," Clinton acknowledged at the end of a disappointing week. Welcome to Earth, Madame Secretary. The trip's outcome was a sobering reminder of the challenge Clinton has accepted as the principal player in the Obama administration's ambitious effort to close a Mideast peace deal in one year. Achieving a lasting peace deal has been a priority for almost every U.S. administration in the last 50 years. With President Obama focused on the U.S. economy, the peace talks offer Clinton the chance to shine with a dazzling breakthrough, but her efforts also could be derailed by disaster in the treacherous terrain of the Middle East. What Alternate Universe™ is this occurring in? As the administration ratchets up expectations, the pressure on Clinton also rises, said David Makovsky, a veteran Middle East analyst at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. "The klieg lights are on," he said. "It's a trap!!" |
| Posted by:Free Radical |
| #3 Here's a peace plan: Tell everybody where the line is and then shoot anybody who tries to cross it. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-09-20 16:29 |
| #2 It didn't happen. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-09-20 14:16 |
| #1 With President Obama focused on the U.S. economy When did this happen? |
| Posted by: Formerly Dan 2010-09-20 12:49 |