ME Crisis May Escalate

I applaud the Europeans, especially President Nicolas Sarkozy, for intensifying efforts to try to achieve a meaningful cease-fire by actually daring to travel to the region for talks. . On the other hand, President Bush’s policy has been to sit back and watch Israel when trouble flares up. Our very own ,Condoleeza Rice has done nothing but phone foreign leaders. I thought Middle East peace was her legacy? They have now left it to Gordon Brown to save the failing British economy and save the innocent of Gaza. Good chance he’ll fail at both.
One can understand President- Elect’s decision to remain quite on this issue as not to send mixed signals but he and his team better have a plan ready for a broader solution to the crisis. He will have to revive peace talks as soon as he takes oath.
The Muslim leaders have proven to be worse than any others. They have been impotent for a long time. If only they could unite on this issue, a cease-fire could have been achieved and hundreds of innocent lives could have been saved. They meet, greet, and write a strong statement and then return to their protected worlds.
If the rogue states like Iran and Syria start siding up with Hamas, (it is claimed Iran has already declared support) then the world will face an alarming escalation of this crisis.
Anila Ali