Friday, November 11, 2011

2 years after being ousted as WH's Iran point man, WINEP/AIPAC' Dennis Ross is jobless!i

After all his 'successes' Ross needs a long break!
"... Ross is one of the architects of the pressure campaign against Iran...
But Mr. Ross’s departure, effective in December, is not a result of disputes over policy, several officials said. He helped formulate Mr. Obama’s most recent proposal to revive peace talks,...Mr. Obama’s proposal failed to break the deadlock, and in September, the Palestinian Authority petitioned the United Nations for membership, against the objections of the United States...
“The peace process, the issue Dennis really cares about, has a closed-for-the-season sign on it,” said Aaron David Miller, a former peace negotiator who worked with Mr. Ross in the Clinton administration. “No wonder he’s leaving.” Mr. Obama’s relations with Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, have often been rocky, a perception reinforced last week by reports of a private conversation between Mr. Obama and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France in which Mr. Sarkozy described Mr. Netanyahu as a “liar,” and Mr. Obama appeared to sympathize.
“You’re tired of him — what about me? I have to deal with him every day,” Mr. Obama replied, according to most accounts of the exchange, which was picked up by microphones and overheard by journalists....
Mr. Ross also played a role in fashioning the American response to the upheaval in Arab countries, where the White House often found itself balancing strategic interests — and authoritarian rulers with whom it had long alliances...
Mr. Ross, who has written several books on diplomacy, said he planned to return to his perch at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and pick up his pen..."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ha! finally we got us somme debate.
Yeah Big Oil,like Big Pharma are more powerful then the Jooz. Man,(@ anonymous 4:58) the racism is embarassing.
Of course my take is, the tip of the power pyramid is housing a coeterie of limp wrist boys who have tentacles reaching "downward" and pulling the Jooz in Israhell and the Big Corporates.
But hey, we all bring something different to the table.