Why It's So Hard
From The New Yorker.
Any foreign power hoping to promote peace, stability, and democratic inclusion in the Middle East must account for the Israeli-Palestinian divide, the Sunni-Shia divide, the Muslim-Christian divide, widespread anti-Semitism, Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the security of oil supplies pumped by weak regimes, Al Qaeda and related radicals, tribalism, corruption, and a picturesque lineup of despots. For half a century, the region has made outside idealists look like fools, turned realists into complicit cynics, and consigned local heroes—Yitzhak Rabin, Anwar Sadat—to martyrdom (Coll, S. (2011, May 30). The Syrian Problem. The New Yorker. Retrieved May 24, 2011, from http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2011/05/30/110530taco_talk_coll).
James Drogan
Resolving the issues faced by the world requies more time than is generally granted by the political and power cycles of nations. For a graphic representation of this matter of timing see All the World’s a World Stage from The New York Times Sunday Opinion, May 22, 2011, p. 10.
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