Comments on: James Jones Appointed Middle East Special Envoy

By: Op For

Op For — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:34:32 +0000

Enter General Jones...

Interesting news today: General James L. Jones, former Commandant of the Marine Corps and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, has been named Middle East Special Envoy. He is currently Chairman of the Atlantic Council. I think this is a good choice.......

By: Triumph

Triumph — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:13:48 +0000

Of course, since Hamas isn't involved in the peace talks, Jim Jones isn't going to be able to accomplish anything substantive.

Likely, Jim Jones will suffer the fate of the other "special envoys" from the Bush administration like Jay Lefkowitz, Andrew Natsios, Mitchell Reiss, Joseph Ralston: he will be ultimately ineffective and subsequently fade into obscurity.

I would encourage your Atlantic COuncil development team to send out a fundrasing plea ASAP and you may be able to leverage Jim's appointment. Waiting even a week will be an opportunity lost, as no one will even remember his appointment.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:03:07 +0000

Obviously, the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is to invade their country/ies, kill their leaders, and convert their peoples to Christianity.

But we would need an active-duty Marine Commandant for that.