Sitting on the hotel's patio, the leaden sky promising but never quite delivering much needed rain, waiting for lunch and discussing the current situation in the Middle East with a few friends from the international donor community, talk turned toward the recent US elections and their fallout.
Condoleeza Rice's name was raised in the questioning context of what it was felt she had to offer on the myriad issues plaguing the region and specifically what she might bring to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in these days of historic opportunity. Faces around the table twisted into grimaces of mingled disgust, disdain, and weariness. Finally, someone ventured an answer in words:
" Not much. "
. . .
The world, or at least that politically aware and active part of it to which I have talked in recent days, is not encouraged, to put it lightly.
Posted by Martial