I feel like the international community has had to bully him into making this happen. He has changed stance from his whole ‘make Palestine into the gulf’s hottest property spot’ schtick. Hopefully we get two states and a lasting peace.
Far from it. Its the loud voices of the cranks on the extremes and those "sensible" folks in the centre that have or are given platforms that make the noise on all of our behalf. Your voice and mine may well not be represented by any of them but "the loud voices" on the left and the right are not the voices of people like you or I! What you think or I think is pronounced by those voices with the platforms as being X not Y. We don't count!
Yes I read the other day that he had little chance to start with for the very reason you mention . My comment the other day about him being given the freedom of the world , wasn’t entirely serious . If and I fear it’s a very big if , peace lasts , he should get something IMHO .
The irony of this of course is that Machado’s party (she was barred from standing) won 70% of the vote in the recent election, only to have Murado overturn it. Trump has therefore been usurped on the Nobel Peace Prize, which he wasn’t qualified to win, by a person he supports who genuinely did have an election stolen from her.
I find it really difficult to block out thoughts of Joseph Conrad's,"Nostromo " whenever I encounter stories about corrupt governments on South America. It is disappointing the way Maduro has squandered Hugo Chavez' legacy.
