Obama's resolve on Mideast facing a history of blunt reality


	Obama's resolve on Mideast facing a history of blunt reality

chestnut501

6-12-2009 3:35 AM

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As President Obama launches a bold new peace effort, like his predecessors he will be limited by regional leaders -- and especially now, with conditions unfavorable for a sweeping initiative.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ae1158cc-d70a-48c5-a24f-393627c4d12f/940C4A49-21E1-4E68-9BE2-3B052BC50D85/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mideast-limits12-2009jun12,0,3758693,full.story" href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mideast-limits12-2009jun12,0,3758693,full.story" style="font-size: 11px;">www.latimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mideast-limits12-2009jun12,0,3758693,full.story"><DIV>Jewish settlers in the illegal West Bank outpost of Maoz Esther. President Obama wants a freeze on all settlement growth.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mideast-limits12-2009jun12,0,3758693,full.story"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.latimes.com/img/7340771A-ED6A-4BD4-9AAB-0D8DE99525B2" alt="Jewish settlers" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mideast-limits12-2009jun12,0,3758693,full.story">Today, President Obama is pushing a reluctant Israeli government to halt the 
growth of Jewish settlements and embrace the goal of a Palestinian state</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mideast-limits12-2009jun12,0,3758693,full.story">"We have a 'yes we can' president who believes he can make it happen, but he 
faces a 'no you can't' reality in a region that has changed for the worst over 
the past eight years," said Aaron David Miller, a former U.S. Middle East 
negotiator.<BR></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mideast-limits12-2009jun12,0,3758693,full.story">That hasn't discouraged Obama.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mideast-limits12-2009jun12,0,3758693,full.story">The administration has demanded a halt to Jewish settlement growth in the West 
Bank as a first step to unravel the conflict.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mideast-limits12-2009jun12,0,3758693,full.story">"When you realize how quickly Obama has repositioned the United States, you have 
to say he has a fighting chance of making peace in the Middle East," </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mideast-limits12-2009jun12,0,3758693,full.story">Everybody in the region is waiting for Obama's next move, and it's coming.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/940C4A49-21E1-4E68-9BE2-3B052BC50D85/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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