"The mutual hostility of Arabs and Jews ((has always been)) of the severest sort. Because most of their disagreements stem from differences in ideology and religion, they have never been able to settle them by peaceful arbitration."
Whatever else may have changed about James Baker's world view since he wrote those sentences in his Princeton thesis 40 years ago, the Secretary of State's underlying pessimism about the prospects for peace in the Middle East has remained constant. As the most political of diplomats, Baker shares Irving Kristol's observation: "Those whom the Gods would destroy they first tempt to resolve the Arab-Israeli...
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