Tension is escalating between the U.S and Israel. The problem: The administration views the Israeli-Palestinian issue as the root of all problems, while Israel is focused on Iran’s nuclear threat, says Elliott Abrams. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins - via Alan Murray, Wall Street Journal (Most Emailed)
The best thing to say about this article is: "Well, that's one view." This is not surprising, coming as it does from the pen of one of the convicted Iran-Contra players. Elliott Abrams' integrity is so compromised that it is difficult to read anything he writes without instinctively covering certain vulnerable body parts from his all-expected pokes and jabs and kicks. Abrams inevitably throws those punches like some mad puppet in the hands of a crazed speed freak during a Punch and Judy show gone badly awry. Abrams calls President Carter's view of Israel "very hostile," says President Clinton "butted heads with Mr. Netanyahu" during peace talks, turning the world leaders into Rocky Mountain goats fighting over territory for glory. He points out that the "military option" must remain on the table, but fails to write much about the Gaza destruction of life and property that stands testament to that very policy. Bad puppet.
There is an easy solution to the Israeli (and all those around Israel) situation. " Hugh Laurie: All we gotta do" on YouTube has the solution. But of course that's comedy. What's happening in the middle east is not. I can not see far enough into the future to a time when there might be peace in the region. Part of the reason is people like Abrams with their own special interest agendas who continually fan the flames of discord and dissent. It's not as if people don't already have somewhat strong opinion about this issue Few issues in Journalism are more difficult to write or talk about than Israel and all the strings and eggshells and tripwires connected to and surrounding the country, the culture, the peoples and the history. For anything to ever be resolved, the players will need to deal more with facts and honesty, and less with emotions. Tell that to a Jew. Tell that to an Arab. Tell that to anyone in the region, then walk away quickly. Foreign policy in a nutshell.