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The Palestinian situation is becoming more and more marginal! The focus in the Middle East must be on Iran, and its drive to develop nuclear weapons, on Syria, that is entering a civil war phase, and on Egypt, where the military and Muslim Brotherhood are trying to establish a modus vivendi.
Yet, Pres. Obama and the EU continue to insist that the Palestinian "peace process" is central to Middle East peace. What nonsense! But, Obama has committed the prestige of the US Presidency on the tiresome task of trying to force the two sides to make peace, or rather trying to force Israel to make concessions to appease the Palestinians. It won't work, dozens of years of trying show clearly that it won't work. But, they keep bashing away at it, like a ram hitting a dam.
Obama entered the presidency with a promise to get the US out of Iraq, and he has suceeded (just) in that, and he is committed to get the US out of Afghanistan. He cannot afford to enter the current election campaign with the possibility of getting the US into another war with Iran. He will ignore the crisis with the true enemy of the US, Iran, and its nuclear threat, and instead concentrate on the sideshow, the Palestinians. This is appeasement. He should go down in history as the Chamberlain of the 21st century.
Meanwhile the Palestinian situation becomes more byzantine, if that is an appropriate epithet. Hamas is splitting between the so-called "moderate" Hamas leader Haniyeh, who is the terrorist dictator of the Gaza Strip, and Khaled Mashaal, the Hamas international leader, who is trying to negotiate terms with Fatah and come in from the cold, from the Shia back to the Sunni mainstream, by making a deal with the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood. What is more dangerous from the Israeli perspective? What is better, to be eaten by a lion or a crocodile? It makes little difference to Israel whether or not Hamas in Gaza is pro-Iranian or pro-MB. If they are pro-Iranian they will get arms from Iran and if they are pro-MB they will get arms thru Egypt. But, it does help Israel if its sworn enemy is split. Basically if they can't crack the Israeli nut, they will be forced to feed off each other. The Palestinians are so "f----ed up" that they are not a real threat to anybody, I can't understand why anybody bothers with the Pals anyway.
Yet, Pres. Obama and the EU continue to insist that the Palestinian "peace process" is central to Middle East peace. What nonsense! But, Obama has committed the prestige of the US Presidency on the tiresome task of trying to force the two sides to make peace, or rather trying to force Israel to make concessions to appease the Palestinians. It won't work, dozens of years of trying show clearly that it won't work. But, they keep bashing away at it, like a ram hitting a dam.
Obama entered the presidency with a promise to get the US out of Iraq, and he has suceeded (just) in that, and he is committed to get the US out of Afghanistan. He cannot afford to enter the current election campaign with the possibility of getting the US into another war with Iran. He will ignore the crisis with the true enemy of the US, Iran, and its nuclear threat, and instead concentrate on the sideshow, the Palestinians. This is appeasement. He should go down in history as the Chamberlain of the 21st century.
Meanwhile the Palestinian situation becomes more byzantine, if that is an appropriate epithet. Hamas is splitting between the so-called "moderate" Hamas leader Haniyeh, who is the terrorist dictator of the Gaza Strip, and Khaled Mashaal, the Hamas international leader, who is trying to negotiate terms with Fatah and come in from the cold, from the Shia back to the Sunni mainstream, by making a deal with the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood. What is more dangerous from the Israeli perspective? What is better, to be eaten by a lion or a crocodile? It makes little difference to Israel whether or not Hamas in Gaza is pro-Iranian or pro-MB. If they are pro-Iranian they will get arms from Iran and if they are pro-MB they will get arms thru Egypt. But, it does help Israel if its sworn enemy is split. Basically if they can't crack the Israeli nut, they will be forced to feed off each other. The Palestinians are so "f----ed up" that they are not a real threat to anybody, I can't understand why anybody bothers with the Pals anyway.
posted by Jack Cohen at 8:37 PM
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