[Dean's World] Dave Schuler: Changing the incentives

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Posted by Dave Schuler:
Changing the incentives
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1154789483.shtml


   Yesterday there were three posts here at Dean's World on the current
   hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah. In [1]the first post, Dean's
   World associate Ron Coleman took the Bush Administration to task for
   not taking a more dynamic role. [2]Dave Price commented on Iran's role
   in the hostilities and took note of the extreme forebearance with
   respect to Iran in the matter.

   Aziz had a pair of posts which attempted to explore the possibilities
   for arriving at a durable peace in the Middle East. In [3]the first,
   he solicited comment on a plan put forward by former Bush 41 national
   security advisor Brent Scowcroft. In [4]the second he opened the floor
   for suggestions from the commentariat.

   In my view any plan short of a military conflagration that none of us
   should look forward to must take the actual goals and incentives of
   the various parties into account. I don't believe that Scowscroft's
   plan does. That's why something very much like it was rejected in 2000
   by Yasser Arafat and, if anything, the positions have actually
   hardened since then.

   I explore the goals and incentives of the various parties at some
   length in [5]this post at The Glittering Eye.

References

   1. http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1154705444.shtml
   2. http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1154716740.shtml
   3. http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1154714864.shtml
   4. http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1154725282.shtml
   5. http://theglitteringeye.com/?p=2229