Obama and Syria
In this age of a shift in power in the United States, our President-elect has made the worrisome—and perhaps wise decision–to appoint many familiar names and faces to his new administration. In doing so however, he must be careful not to make the same mistakes of his predecessors. In respect of the Middle East, he must be bold enough to realize the real problems that lie between the region’s fragile nations and Israel. In addition, he must end the scapegoating of Syria and take the reins of the main dispute between Israel and Palestine.
Is President-elect Obama strong enough and willing to do this?
Will he confront Israel in an effort to ease US tensions with other Middle Eastern nations, and perhaps ultimately bring Palestine and Israel to real peace?
Or will the President-elect focus on more mundane and superficial tensions such as Syria and Israel?
Sade San A Jong
