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George Mitchell named middle east envoy

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Obama is naming George Mitchell as special envoy to the middle east.

Brilliant move, IMHO. He has credibility, having demonstrated the ability to reach a peace deal in Northern Ireland, one of the other "insolvable" conflicts, he is an ally of Hillary Clinton, so he can work closely with the secretary of state, and it demonstrates from day 1 (well, day 3) that peace between Israel and its neighbors will be an Obama priority.
 
I liked Careless Whisper and Faith but after his arrest in the bathroom I wouldn't have thought he would be a good choice for this.
 
If he thinks what worked in Northern Ireland will work with Islamist terrorists he will fail spectacularly.

No, this doesn't qualify for the $1 million.
 
WildCat said:
If he thinks what worked in Northern Ireland will work with Islamist terrorists he will fail spectacularly.
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Really? I figured that all he needed to do was to bring all the Israeli and Palestinian Catholics and Protestants together in Jerusalem to hammer out a deal then everything in the middle east would be hunky dory.
 
Mitchell Gives Up And Resigns

Former Sen. George J. Mitchell is resigning as the Obama administration's special envoy for Middle East peace after a two-year effort failed to advance Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, White House officials said.

Mitchell, acclaimed for his success in sealing a peace deal in Northern Ireland, began this mission optimistically but recently came to the conclusion that serious negotiations were a distant prospect and there was no need for him to continue, associates said. He had not visited the region since December.
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Predictable as sunrise, thus no $1 million for me. :(
 
Doctor Evil said:
Lets face it, he just wasn't very good as a middle east envoy.
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As I've always maintained, any mediator who thinks the IRA-UK situation is even remotely analogous to the Israel-Palestine situation is doomed to failure.
 
WildCat said:
As I've always maintained, any mediator who thinks the IRA-UK situation is even remotely analogous to the Israel-Palestine situation is doomed to failure.
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And any mediator who thinks the US will actually (seriously) punish Israel for affronts is doomed to failure.

Perhaps Mitchell's mistake was to think Obama would actually support him and take a hard (or even relative semi-hard) line.
 
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