Wishful Thinking Watch
Charles Johnson
Sat Dec 16, 2006 at 10:06 am PST • Views: 206
Two reports from the “wishful thinking” school of modern diplomacy:
Blair calls on world to rally behind Palestinian president.
CAIRO (AFP) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair has urged the international community to throw all its weight behind Mahmud Abbas after the Palestinian president called for early elections.
“Mahmud Abbas’s decision to call early elections is a strong sign that the Palestinian president is seeking a way out of the deadlock in the peace process,” Blair said Saturday during a visit to Cairo.
Israeli PM prepared to ‘stretch patience’ for Abbas.
LONDON (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he was prepared to “stretch my patience to the maximum possible” with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in a BBC television interview.
He pledged to “go very far to meet his needs”, adding that Israel would pull out “from many, many territories” in pursuit of a two-state solution.
“Land for peace”—the reality-ignoring non-solution that refuses to die.
Frank says: