[lotuseclat79]

Read this article (2 pages), and then comment.

Rice faces formidable White House foe
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice seems determined to make concrete progress toward achieving a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine problem. That may seem good news. But her efforts are being fought at every turn by Elliott Abrams, a powerfully well-connected neo-conservative who has been battling against peace deals for decades.

-- Tom

[ChrisJones]

Interesting article, I can't really comment as I don't know enough about the whole subject. Interesting read nonetheless.

[WarC]

Really? I thought the peace process was being subverted by militant islamists and the resulting defensive actions of Israel over the last fifty years.

Who says peace in the middle east has to be the responsibility of the US gov't?

Does the author mean to imply that the administration is the only thing stopping the two-state solution? That is naive.

[ekim68]

Interesting article. With friends like Abrams, who needs enemies?

[lotuseclat79]

Without the US putting pressure on Israel to giveup territory, one would expect no progress for a two-state solution to move forward, i.e. aside from other issues involved.

-- Tom

[linskyjack]

Israel has already given up territory--the net result--civil war among the Palestenians and rocket attacks.

[LANMaster]

Originally Posted by WarC

Really? I thought the peace process was being subverted by militant islamists and the resulting defensive actions of Israel over the last fifty years.

Who says peace in the middle east has to be the responsibility of the US gov't?

Does the author mean to imply that the administration is the only thing stopping the two-state solution? That is naive.

Clarion clarity on the subject.

[ekim68]

Originally Posted by WarC

Really? I thought the peace process was being subverted by militant islamists and the resulting defensive actions of Israel over the last fifty years.

Who says peace in the middle east has to be the responsibility of the US gov't?

Does the author mean to imply that the administration is the only thing stopping the two-state solution? That is naive.

The "WHO" in this administration is what the article is all about. Can Condi do her job without being subverted? (Probably spelled that wrong.)

[linskyjack]

No one can settle the Arab/Israeli conflict until Hamas withdraws its call for the destruction of the State of Israel. It would also be helpful if the Fuherer of Iran withdraws his call for the destruction of the State of Israel. It would also be helpful if Iran Northwest, the Hezbollah, withdraws its call for the destruction of the State of Israel.

Not that complex.