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Mideast Peace Initiatives Dodge US Disapproval

Posted Jun 3, 08 10:00 AM CDT in US,  Opinion,  World 

(Newser) – Middle East nations are moving to resolve their conflicts without, and often in defiance of, Washington, write Hussein Agha and Robert Malley in the New York Times. Israel is in peace talks with both Hamas and Syria, and Lebanon has reached political reconciliation after a near civil war. All three deals have been mediated by US allies—Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey—despite US disapproval. All realize that US guidance has failed.

“The region is in a mess, and Washington’s allies know it,” Agha and Malley write. “They privately blame the United States and have given up waiting for the Bush administration to offer them a way out.” Where America has been intent on defeating and isolating its enemies, cooler heads now realize that cooperation will bear better fruits. It is America that has wound up isolated.

Source New York Times

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U.S. President George W. Bush delivers remarks during the World Economic Forum on the Middle East, Sunday, May 18, 2008, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.   (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, looks on as he attends a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, June 1, 2008.   (AP Photo/Baz Ratner, POOL)
President Bush shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Wednesday, May 14, 2008, during a meeting at the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem.   (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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