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Blair: ME peace possible 'within a year' | |
2009-06-20 | |
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"I have no doubt at all of his sincerity or his determination," he said on Frost Over The World, on Al Jazeera's English-language channel. "So if everyone would commit themselves to a peaceful political negotiation to a two-state solution, you could have this deal within the year. But people have got to be prepared to commit to it." "I think the Obama speech was really a huge event... I think this was a very big moment, a vital moment, for the region and for the wider world," Blair continued." I think there is a great sense of hope and expectation." "The important thing is to understand that President Obama doesn't need cheerleaders, he needs partners," he stressed. "He needs people who are going to help him achieve what he wants." Blair said Sunday's speech by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, in which he endorsed a demilitarized Palestinian state, was a "step forward," but said he recognized the criticism. "From the outside they're going to be skeptical, some cynical, some worried: 'Well what does this really mean?' and 'Are we going to be able to make progress on a basis that is acceptable to the Palestinian people?'," he said. "And that's obviously still to be decided. "So my view is, yes in that sense it is a step forward and now we've got to wait and see what actually happens." | |
Posted by:Steve White |
#5 A year after Armageddon... maybe. |
Posted by: DarthVader 2009-06-20 10:22 |
#4 So Frost has his own show on Al Jizz; Britain's center-right BBC. Given the venue, maybe Tony means a nuclear Iran within a year. As someone said here, "Peace in the ME is just a Holocaust away." |
Posted by: regular joe 2009-06-20 08:05 |
#3 Obviously complicated by acute idealization and impulsive projection. I recommend six months in Windemere and the Lake District, moderate alcohol, long walks, leisure reading, no phone calls or media, no exceptions. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2009-06-20 07:47 |
#2 He's delusional. |
Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2009-06-20 06:01 |
#1 He's right, but not for the reason he said. If the Ayatollah falls in Iran... |
Posted by: Platic Snoopy 2009-06-20 00:59 |