Obama says Mideast peace process is in a 'rut'

[steven johnson]

My theory from reading history is that wars don't stop until one side is threatened with total destruction or runs out of money. I don't see this conflict reaching those points soon.

Wed 19 Aug 2009
By Greg Miller
Washington-- President Obama said Tuesday that the Middle East peace process was in a "rut," and prodded Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to help break an Arab-Israeli standoff that has frustrated the administration's effort to restart talks.

"If all sides are willing to move off of the rut that we're in currently, then I think there is an extraordinary opportunity to make real progress," Obama said in an appearance with Mubarak at the White House. "But we're not there yet."

Obama's comments came at the conclusion of Mubarak's first visit to the White House in more than five years, a meeting that was conceived months ago as part of an ambitious diplomatic push but ended up underscoring the intractability of the issue.

Egypt has emerged as the Obama administration's most important ally in the Middle East, because of its relationship with Israel, influence with Palestinian leaders, as well as its ability and willingness to counterbalance Iran.

Obama says Mideast peace process is in a 'rut'

[invictus]

1. There never was a Middle East "peace" process. Just political cover for more Israeli land stealing..

... ethnic cleansing, mass murder, apartheid and numerous other crimes against humanity.