re: #570 Killgore Trout

It’s not really a departure. You’ll notice he starts off his speech saying something like “I’m torn between two views….” on M.E. peace (or whatever). From the video it seems the two views are 1) Palestinians make peace impossible 2) an unnamed secretary of state (probably Condi) told him that peace may eventually possible if we kick the can down the road long enough.
Although Obama has made some effort he would say much the same thing in private. The Palestinians aren’t ready for peace (Bibi doesn’t seem interested either these days). Any attempt at meaningful peace negotiations are pointless now. The only thing to do is keep kicking the can down the road and wait until both sides are ready.

Having looked at the track record I’m not sure Bibi was ever really interested. He felt Amir went too far (and let us never forget that there’s a loud minority that fully agrees with Amir), but has indicated he believes all of Israel should be for Jews.

It’s one of my major frustrations with discussing the process. Both sides have radicals who act to stop or undermine the peace process, who get their representatives in places of power. There are no clean hands, and any solution that pretends only one side is “right” or “wrong” is naive at best.