Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice makes another strong stance in defending her promise to establish a peace initiative by the end of 2008, yet at the same time many are critical of how sincere she is in her remarks.
Ms. Rice has encountered a lot of hectoring from critics at home and abroad who say that the administration is engaging too little and too late, or in ways that are ultimately insubstantial.
“We don’t want a conference that only repeats what’s already been said, or a conference where only pictures are taken,” said Muhammad Zolfa, a member of Saudi Arabia’s Shura Council, an advisory body to King Abdullah.None of the 40 countries that are attending the countries are entering with a statement they can all agree on, so how can Rice be so optimistic? Is she just naive about the political reality of how difficult a peace negotiation is, or is she simply playing dumb, under a mask of ignorance and idealism?
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