In reading all kinds of different magazines, op-eds and so on I am regularly struck by how knowledgeable folks can sound and how reasonable their proposals (say for peace in the Middle East) can seem. But if it were all so easy and we were all so wise, then all would be well. It seems there is never an accounting for the lack of reasoned reaction of people involved in such conflicts (Just as there is a lack of reasoned reaction in many of our personal conflicts, although we are convinced that we are being reasonable.). In looking toward the Obama administration many are pinning their hopes on Dennis Ross "his middle east guru" . But not all are so hopeful as the article from Harpers points out. It will be interesting and no doubt painful to see where Ross' wisdom runs into the real world of sin, evil, and just plain cantankerousness of those he is dealing with.
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