MIGHT PEACE BE BREAKING OUT?

TIME TO NEGOTIATE?

Although it appears that the world is truly going down the drain there are signs that maybe we are in for an unexpectedly major surprise. Note what is happening in the Middle East. Just today there is an agreement in Lebanon between Hizbollah, and the Lebanese government to form a unity government. If the agreement lasts it will represent a significant turn of events just at the point when it appeared that all out war was once again just on the horizon. This means that the United States and Iran are actively cooperating despite the rhetoric quite to the contrary.

If this isn't noteworthy enough there is word that Syria and Israel are in serious peace talks with the blessings of the United States. Perhaps the President will indeed get what he most wants before he leaves the office of the Presidency which is to have something substantial for his legacy. If he was to pull this off he would become an instant candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Peace is waged instead of war when those who fight get exhausted on multiple levels of experience.

One implication of this trend if it continues is that Obama becomes the clear cut President of choice. Hard nosed diplomacy becomes the chief weapon we will use rather than the threat of dropping tons of ordinance and the likes.

We will need all the collective wisdom, sound judgment, fresh ideas, to fashion a workable template for peace and security - one which is at one and the same time visionary and implementable. The GOP is bankrupt on multiple levels of experience. It is truly a time for change and change does appear to be the wave of the present.

Comments: 14

donna h. May 21, 2008, 8:48pm EDT

I hope peace is going to break out

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Joe T. May 21, 2008, 8:55pm EDT

There are as many reasons to feel positive about this country and its foreign relations as there are to be disappointed. An Obama presidency will create better foreign policy. I agree with this article.

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Alan D. May 21, 2008, 9:16pm EDT

At least they are talking. It is so ridiculous that the current administration is not talking to these countries because of Israel, and Israel is actually talking to them. Israel was even talking to Hamas. How does McCain explain that?

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Ashley P. May 21, 2008, 9:27pm EDT

May there be peace always.

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Marsha B. May 21, 2008, 9:49pm EDT

I hope you're right. And I hope the elections will bring about a positive change and not the same old same old that has gotten us into such a horrible situation today.

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Bert B. May 21, 2008, 9:58pm EDT

Bush is NOT going to win any Nobel Peace Prize. That would be a total repudiation of everything the Nobel institution stands for.
Barack Obama will change the course of this country and maybe HE will win the prize.
I hope so, because it will mean that his presidency has accomplished what eight years of Bush insanity have tried to prevent...a real, workable peace initiative for all the nations of the earth.
Nobody can deny the need for this. Only the fanatical religious extremists...both Christian and Muslim...will try to prevent it. Everybody else knows that those lunatics are wrong.

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Sammie B. May 21, 2008, 10:45pm EDT

I certainly do hope so. After fighting for so long, I do think it's time for a little peace around here.

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Larry M. May 22, 2008, 7:19am EDT

So far we are just "rearranging the deck chairs." Real change requires understanding to be successful. I see no indications that anyone in power understands what they are doing and why / how things work.

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gibbs williams May 22, 2008, 8:52am EDT

Larry - You are right up to a point. Beyond understanding self interest is helpful as well.

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Sandy (Site Psychic™) Knauer May 22, 2008, 9:24am EDT

I heard the duplicitous idiot in chief say that he thinks we will see peace between Israel and Palestine, and "that part of the world" soon. He made that statement a few days after he insinuated to the world that Barack Obama's diplomacy (only he didn't use that word, because he doesn't know it) was dangerous.

The day George Bush wins a Nobel Peace Prize is the day the title becomes meaningless.

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