Never mind the fact that I disagree (I've banned myself from discussing the conflict on GAF).
It shows a secretary, that doesn't understand who he's negotiating with and their positions. It shows a sense of outside nativity on Kerry's part that he's going to parachute in and get a ceasefire while seemingly ignoring one sides position and lying about negotiations. He's now pissed off both sides. The Israels are kissed and the Palestines are pissed.
I'm really starting to agree with many of the criticisms of Obama. While I agree with his caution much of his foreign policy team is seemingly ignorant of local issues and grievances, reactive , and lacking in any idea what they stand for with any coherence.
Again, his offer is pretty damn reasonable, I know you're not debating it (while kinda still do) but that's THE most important question here.
The Israeli government is not being reasonble, their demands will not be accepted and for a good reason.
The Hamas are being quire reasonable, and just wait and see, their demands will for the most part be accepted by Israel - Isreal will withdraw, the blockade will be eased, the fishing area will increase, it's just that Netanyahu need to be able to show that he "won".
Kerry has been put in an impossible situation since it's politically impossible to criticize Israel, let alone pressure it, at least he didn't further erode what little trust the US had in the Arab world by packaging Israeli talking points as a proposal.
Netanyahu is a terrorist. A rich, powerful one leading a country with lots of army and tech at his disposal.
Honestly, how can anyone only blame one side in what happens between Israel and Palestine? They're both deeply flawed.
Nothing depress me more than seeing so many liberal American Jews close ranks and blindly support an ultra-right wing that makes the GWB administration looks like George McGovern.
And by the way, since it's important to keep mentioning it, Netanyahu throughout his career used external threats (first it the PLO, than Iran and its nuke, now the terror tunnels) to pillage the country through privatization and tax cuts for the rich that made him and his billionaire friends a lot of money.
You guys aren't helping, you're enabling.
