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The Cairo speech

June 4, 2009 - 6:04 pm - by Richard Fernandez
Wadeusaf
2009-06-05 06:32:40

The moment is now, to press for a peace agreement?

Based on what agreement between which parties? I thought the moment was now to have serious conversation. The Palestinians have shown no signs of being ready for peace, the least of which is the biggest stumbling block. The Palestinians even if they do not stop lobbing suicide bombers at others must acknowledge Israel has a right to exist. Without such an agreement all of this is mere posturing for the Nobel committee.

As for Gordon Brown he is like a zombie, He doesn’t know he is done. The British economy is too. PM Brown’s own policy has assured the British that they will have nearly as long and deep a recession as we in the US will have. I wonder why in the US, no one is calling for change in the Obama approach. I don’t know if incompetence is an impeachable offence but if a case can be made that the incompetence is criminal, we may still have a chance.