This headline from Sunday's New York Times is almost too stupid for words.
It starts with a straw man premise - that the Abraham Accords was meant to be a comprehensive peace plan that would solve all the Middle East problems - and then knocks it down.
It was, President Donald J. Trump proclaimed in September, "the dawn of a new Middle East."
Speaking at the White House, Mr. Trump was announcing new diplomatic accords between Israel and two of its Gulf Arab neighbors, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.
"After decades of division and conflict," Mr. Trump said, flanked by leaders from the region in a scene later replayed in his campaign ads, the Abraham Accords were laying "the foundation for a comprehensive peace across the entire region."
Eight months later, such a peace remains a distant hope, particularly for the Middle East's most famously intractable conflict, the one between Israel and the Palestinians. In fiery scenes all too reminiscent of the old Middle East, that conflict has entered its bloodiest phase in seven years and is renewing criticism of Mr. Trump's approach ...
Only in paragraph 38 (!) does one of the architects of the accords get to say that the premise is wildly wrong:
Even some Trump administration officials said any suggestions that the accords amounted to peace in the Middle East were exaggerated.
"During my time at the White House, I always urged people...Read More
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