Comments on: Do I turn off the light or do you?

By: themiddle

themiddle — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:51:25 +0000

Fair enough. I do prefer him as a negotiating partner. However, I don’t think they intend to negotiate with Israel, at least not meaningfully. The deal offered by Olmert should have been enough to take us into the final lap. I don’t see what else can be expected, if they were even coming to the table.

By: Tom Morrissey

Tom Morrissey — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:39:58 +0000

But if you believe in a negotiated solution, you need a negotiating partner. The quixotic, weak Abbas hasn’t been up to the challenge. Perhaps the Gorbachev analogy is a good one– a man vastly more impressive than the Soviet gerontocrats he replaced. The test isn’t whether Abbas or Fayyad will be your buddies. They aren’t and won’t. It’s about finding a figure with legitimacy domestically and internationally, who has the backbone and intellect to sign an agreement at a future time. Fayyad may be that figure, and in any event is more promising than his boss.

By: themiddle

themiddle — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:11:49 +0000

Tom, Tom, Tom, have you stopped reading my posts altogether? Fayyad is even more dangerous than Abbas. Check out my "endgame" posts. He is, indeed, an impressive figure, and he is beloved in the West. However, his ultimate goal is closely aligned with that of Abbas and the rest of Fatah.

By: Tom Morrissey

Tom Morrissey — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:52:50 +0000

Israeli leaders and intelligence must be looking past Abbas by now, though, wouldn’t you think? Maybe his PM is the wave of the future. Fayyad seems altogether a more impressive figure. A man we can do business with, as Thatcher said of Gorbachev.

By: themiddle

themiddle — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:05:53 +0000

Well, this son of a bitch has made great strides in damaging Israel in the international arena, maybe to an even greater extent than Arafat did. Israel is stupid to let him play his game.

By: Tom Morrissey

Tom Morrissey — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:06:20 +0000

It’s easy, Middle. As FDR said of Anastosio Somoza the elder, “he may be a son of a bitch but he’s our son of a bitch.”

By: themiddle

themiddle — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:38:15 +0000

I wish I could say there was anything surprising here, but even the Palestinians aren’t surprised, which is why Hamas kept winning elections. What’s unbelievable is the extent to which Israel agrees to protect the PA even as the PA foments international acrimony against Israel.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:44:27 +0000

Hahahaha, you know you love it!

By: ck

ck — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:46:16 +0000

My eyes! My eyes! Sharon you horrible wench!!!

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