With promises to keep

[babylonsister]

http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=13650

With promises to keep

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There is need to change the way the US conducts itself vis-à-vis the international community. George Bush and his administration broke the promise to come to the rescue, especially, of people that are still denied freedom and self-determination rescue or of those living in abject poverty and deprivation.

The world has not been a particularly nice place to live in, these past eight years, what with tensions between nations on the rise, the global economy plunging to unprecedented levels and the environment callously neglected.

Obama promised to address at least some of these issues, and that is good enough.

Jordan joins the rest of the countries of the Middle East in wishing Obama success in reshaping his country’s course and policies, especially those relevant to our region, where the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the core crisis in the area, remains the reason for repeated wars, death and destruction.

What the new US president has to do to correct past failures and bring about peace between Israel and its Arab neighbours is to signal, as early as possible, his determination to be even handed and bold in pursuing a policy of proactive engagement in the Palestinian problem.

A resolution of this issue has eluded all past efforts for no other reason than the continued US bias in favour of the Jewish state.

Impartiality and respect of international law is all that is needed to address that. It cannot be too much to ask of anybody.

[DCKit]

1. Evenhanded means neither side "wins".

But it's definitely time for some seriously tough love.