Standing FIRM is best foreign Policy,
Charm in foreign policy will not hack It,
Obama is learning that Diplomatic Dialog,
Presented with Enthusiasm and Dynamism,
Doesn’t IGNITE Mid-East Positive Momentum,
But pulls false expectations from Palestinians,
Causing PA & Israel to See U.S. Credibility Gap,
Obama has personal diplomatic dialog Tuesday,
And When War Breaks Out He’ll Still be using It!
This paragraph quote from the Excerpt which follows discusses the credibility gap being generated by the Obama Administration in our dealings with our allies.
“[The Obama administration had hoped that by showing enthusiasm and dynamism it would ignite positive momentum. Instead, it had raised false expectations and now faces a credibility gap.]”
September 20, 2009
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
Begin Excerpt from “SLATE” via Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs/Daily Alert
‘Yes We Can’ Meets ‘No We Won’t’
By Shmuel Rosner (Slate)
September 18, 2009
President Obama was planning a trilateral meeting with Netanyahu and Abbas on the sidelines of next week’s UN General Assembly, and U.S. envoy Mitchell worked overtime this week to make it happen. But, suddenly, even getting the parties to a meeting is a challenge.
Not to mention the difficulty of getting other Arab countries to make some kind of gesture to show they will be supportive of the relaunched peace process.
Obama’s request was rebuffed by Saudi Arabia, which said it will “refuse to engage Israel until it ends its illegal occupation of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights as well as Shabaa Farms in Lebanon,” Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal wrote in a New York Times op-ed.
So even if there is a meeting next week or in the following weeks – even if the parties grudgingly agree to “negotiate” – it is clear to everyone involved, except for the overeager Americans, that success is unlikely.
Because while Obama is running as fast as he can, all the Middle Eastern players are convinced that they had better move slowly. In short, the Obama administration had hoped that by showing enthusiasm and dynamism it would ignite positive momentum.
Instead, it had raised false expectations and now faces a credibility gap.
It’s been eight months since the Obama administration decided to invest heavily in a peace process that didn’t present any feasible opening for breakthroughs.
Israel will not freeze settlements, Palestinians will not soften their demands, and Arabs will not lend a hand.
And, by the way, Iran will not halt its nuclear program, Russia will
not vote for stronger sanctions, Lebanon will not have a Hizbullah-free government, and Syria will not arrest terrorists crossing into Iraq. Not until they have better reasons to do what Obama wants them to do.
Not until he shows t
hem that he can also wait for them to make a move.
Begin Excerpt from Jerusalem Post
White House: Tripartite meeting to take place on Tuesday
September 20, 2009
AP and jpost.com staff , THE JERUSALEM POST
US President Barack Obama will host a meeting Tuesday with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, in an effort to lay the groundwork for renewed peace negotiations, the White House announced Saturday night.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the three-way meeting would take place after Obama meets separately with each of the two leaders.
“These meetings will continue the efforts of President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Special Envoy George Mitchell to lay the groundwork for the relaunch of negotiations, and to create a positive context for those negotiations so that they can succeed,” the statement said.
The announcement of the meeting came as something of a surprise, as earlier this week Mitchell failed to make progress in talks with the two leaders. Hours before the Saturday night’s announcement, Israel and the PA cont inued to squabble over which side was to blame for the current stall
in peace talks.
In Saturday’s statement, Mitchell said “It is another sign of the president’s deep commitment to comprehensive peace that he wants to personally engage at this juncture.”
The meetings will take place in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting.
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