Jon Alterman ( 10 of 10 )
No one really won in this constitution. It left almost everything vague. Everyone played to a tie but we don't read more
No one really won in this constitution. It left almost everything vague. Everyone played to a tie but we don't know how the ties are going to be resolved.
Suddenly it looks like the policy is not tough diplomacy, but the path to war.
Suddenly it looks like the policy is not tough diplomacy, but the path to war.
My guess is that the U.S. will say we are doing what we can. The Saudis will say please do read more
My guess is that the U.S. will say we are doing what we can. The Saudis will say please do more and there will be an agreement to work together to do a little bit more.
It's a 12-step program. The first step is to admit you have a problem. They still have 11 steps to read more
It's a 12-step program. The first step is to admit you have a problem. They still have 11 steps to go.
This was totally unprecedented - a live interchange with no questions given in advance.
This was totally unprecedented - a live interchange with no questions given in advance.
Most countries in the Gulf do not have to be persuaded that a nuclear Iran is a threat to them. read more
Most countries in the Gulf do not have to be persuaded that a nuclear Iran is a threat to them. But they ask if the cure is worse than the disease.
Whatever the disarray in the Knesset, whatever's going on there, he's going to make a deal in the name of read more
Whatever the disarray in the Knesset, whatever's going on there, he's going to make a deal in the name of the people of Israel, and he's going to sell it to the people of Israel, and ultimately, because the people in the Knesset are politicians, they will have to back him up.
The roadmap is inoperative and nothing has replaced it.
The roadmap is inoperative and nothing has replaced it.
Everybody's going to fight for the mantle of Ariel Sharon. I think partly because he covered such a wide swath read more
Everybody's going to fight for the mantle of Ariel Sharon. I think partly because he covered such a wide swath of the middle of Israeli politics there are going to be innumerable theories of what he might have done.
Arabs will turn round and point out the United States gives billions of dollars to Israel. It's just an area read more
Arabs will turn round and point out the United States gives billions of dollars to Israel. It's just an area where they will have to agree to disagree.
