Stardate 20011119.1654 (On Screen): The struggle between the Israelis and Palestinians has been going on for more than fifty years, and I think it will be with us for at least another twenty. It's unfortunate, it's sad, it's terrible -- and it isn't urgent.
But the situation in Afghanistan is extremely fluid, and diplomatically it's one where days matter. There is a unique opportunity here to straighten out that mess, but it's one that could slip away and leave us with the diplomatic equivalent of a festering wound. (It's equivalent to the opportunity which passed us by in Israel in 1948.) So why is Colin Powell spending his time on Israel and not concentrating on Afghanistan? Can't Israel wait another month or so? (discussion in progress)
