Hugo’s Peace Plan

As President Obama gets ready to visit the Summit Of The Americas, my thoughts about the Middle East travel to Latin America as well. Regardless of what does or does not happen between Israel and an Iran which has repeatedly stated that it intends to destroy the Jewish State, the future of Arab-Israeli politics really does largely depend on Hugo. Let me explain. I called it years ago. While the State Department — with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the helm — really wasn’t given much choice other than to express disappointment with the results of the Arabs’ 2007 Saudi-hosted Mecca Accord (which brought Hamas and Fatah’s Abbas closer together but rejected anything to do with actually arriving at peace with a viable Israel), I predicted that the Foggy Folks’ position would very shortly revert back to normalcy — squeezing the Jews, no matter what. Sure enough, the ink had barely dried on that good cop/bad cop Arab accord when State resurrected the earlier alleged Saudi Peace (of the grave) Plan — the one the Obama Administration has now largely embraced.

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