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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch
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To: stockman_scott who wrote (78732)1/3/2009 10:50:03 PM
From: Crimson Ghost  Read Replies (1) of 89467
 
Mearsheimer: Like Bush and Clinton before him, Obama will fail at creating a viable Palestinian state
Interviewed on Channel 4 in England last week--not here of course--John Mearsheimer said "I don't see Obama being successful [on Israel/Palestine] in the years ahead." His analysis:

George W. Bush and Condi Rice actually tried to do something in the last year or so--Annapolis--and got nowhere, because an American president is incapable of putting pressure on the Israeli government, and no deal is possible without pressure.

It's fine to talk about What Jimmy Carter did, but Carter merely brokered a deal on the Sinai, which was a whole lot easier than Israel giving up the West Bank with all the colonies. "We're talking here about cutting a deal with the Palestinians, and the fact is that most Israelis are interested in creating a greater Israel. They're willing to give the Palestinians a state, but that state is really just a handful of bantustans around which Israel controls the borders and control the air above."

As long as the Israelis are not willing to give the Palestinians a viable state, no president will be successful. Clinton demonstrated that. The key factor here is the Israel lobby. Obama can't be different than Bush "because the Israel lobby in this country won't allow him to be any different."

Mondoweiss
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