Nina Hachigian writes a very <a href="http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=8dd2ecfe-88d0-405d-af94-6b17bd723ed7">thoughtful essay</a> in <em>The New Republic</em>
Via Michael Tomasky, an interview with veteran UN negotiator Lakhdar Brahimi, on how the latter would advise President-elect Obama to deal with the crisis in Gaza.He said that he will pay attention to
Withdrawing American troops, as 65% of Americans want, will force Iraq's government to get serious about what it means to be a nation. Obama's idea of keeping troops in reserve and ready to respond to a crisis is a good one, but we need to concentrate on getting al Qaeda in Afghanistan.
