By Danielle Pletka
P.13 Week in Review
Sunday, December 21, 2008
A strong editorial that illuminates the unreality of taking Syria out of the Iranian orbit. Pletka understands the Israeli perspective. The enlarged quote in the printed paper reads, "Can a weak dictator bring Mideast peace?" As the editorialist successfully argues, No.
By Oded Eran, Giora Eiland, and Emily B. Landau
P.11 Week in ReviewSunday, December 21, 2008
Three Israelis, based in Tel Aviv, articulate the need to make a deal with Russia to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. The piece is tangentially related to Israel, as it is about Iranian nuclear ambitions, but only mentions the Jewish state once - at the end. The authors "hope that the new prime minister of Israel can see the wisdom of such a deal" with Russia. The notion of such a deal is intriguing.
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Amusing that both Op-Eds for the day deal with "grand bargains."
ReplyDeleteThe Pletka article rationally discusses the absurdity of a grand bargain with Syria, whose primary interest continues to be regime survival.
The Eran/Eiland/Landau article talks about a "grand bargain" with Russia and Iran in a less rooted fashion. Any analysts that talk about respecting Iran as a "regional power" should be questioned.
It is amusing that Israeli political analysts would speak about striking a "grand bargain" with Iran without making any mention of their support of Hezbollah, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad.