Surge of Diplomacy?

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/21/opinion/21friedman.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

Condoleeza Rice's priorities have become more and more evident over the past couple months and will continue in this trend for until the end of her term next year.

This op-ed piece provides interesting insight into her actions as of late, in putting more attention in achieving piece in a much more stable region, Israel, than in Iraq.

"Watching Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice making repeated trips to Israel to try to broker some kind of deal between Israelis and Palestinians, while Iraq remains politically unresolved, leaves me feeling like my house is burning down and the fire department has decided to stop along the way to get two cats out of a tree."

Clearly, the word 'surge' comes to mind when thinking of suppressing violence in Iraq. But what about 'diplomatic surge'? Where is this in a) our current actions in Iraq b) media coverage of Iraq?

Israel is a valuable ally, with political, military, and economic power, but with Iraq in the total state of political disarray that WE put it in, isn't our responsibility to see that the political situation be restored?