On the subject of the flare-up in Gaza and Lebanon:
We’ve had five and a half years of a failed experiment in tough talk absent diplomacy and engagement. I think it’s time to go back to what works, and what has historically worked and what can work again.
Said by Senator Hillary Clinton.
I agree that her husband did have some success in the realm of Middle East peace..but I do wonder if there’s much a different president could do different in the current mess. The sole difference I can think of is the potential that the U.S. wouldn’t have already burned through its political capital with some Arab states in the region.
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1 Gregory Kelly // 15 Jul 2006 at 8:05 am
The Weekly Standard has a great post on this topic:
Israel’s “PR Problem The WorldwideStandard.com (Posted by Daniel McKivergan on July 14, 2006 09:31 AM )
The Washington Post’s David Ignatius informs us today that the U.S. and Israel have a “public opinion” problem. We’re further told that America needs to be an “honest broker” between Israel, a democracy, and the tyrant states and terrorist groups that surround it. But, as Charles Krauthammer writes in his excellent Post column today, Israel’s “PR” problem, in the eyes of many, begins with its very existence.