Leon Hadar disagrees with me, and Brent Scowcroft, and Samir Sumaida'ie, and says that Obama can continue to basically ignore Israel/Palestine, until such time as strong leadership emerges over there that could bring about a local resolution, rather than an imposed one. Makes fun of my new coalition:
[I]t seems that many members of the Reality-Based Community who mocked
Bush neocons for their grand designs of transforming Iraq and remaking
the Middle East have joined with the Hope-Based Community in
proclaiming their high expectations of President Obama bringing peace
to the Holy Land. There are hopes among many Obama watchers that the
new president will take steps to repair Americaâs ties with the Middle
East by withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq and opening a diplomatic
dialogue with Iran. Thus having strengthened U.S. status in the Middle
East, Obama might be in position to embrace a more activist strategy
aimed at bringing about Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation.
Bush neocons for their grand designs of transforming Iraq and remaking
the Middle East have joined with the Hope-Based Community in
proclaiming their high expectations of President Obama bringing peace
to the Holy Land. There are hopes among many Obama watchers that the
new president will take steps to repair Americaâs ties with the Middle
East by withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq and opening a diplomatic
dialogue with Iran. Thus having strengthened U.S. status in the Middle
East, Obama might be in position to embrace a more activist strategy
aimed at bringing about Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation.
