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1、2010The New York TimesEDITORIALDiplomacy 101Published: November 27, 2009We were thrilled whenObama decided to pge fullyo the Middle Eastpeace effort. He appoed a skilled spel envoy, Gee Mitc, and demandedt Israel freeze settlements, Palestinians crack down on anti-IsraelandArab leaders demonstrate t

2、heir readiness to reach out to Israel.Nine months later, thes promising peace initiative has unraveled.The Israelis have refused to stop all building. The Palestinians sayt they wonttalk to the Israelis until they do, andMahmoud Abbas is so despondenthe has threatened to quit. Arab ses are refusing

3、to do anything.Mr. Obamas own credibility is so diminished (his approval rating in Israel is4 percent)t serious negotiations may be farther offnever.Peacemaking takes strategic skill. But we see no signtObama and Mr.Mitcwere thinking moren one move down th. Thewent publicwith his demand for a full f

4、reeze on settlements before securing Israels commitment.And he and his aides apparently had no plan for what they wouldf Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu said no.Most important, they allowed the controversy to obscure the real goal: nudgingIsrael and the Palestinianso peace talks. (We dont know exac

5、tly whappenedbut we are toldt Mr. Obama red more on the judgment of his political advisers specifically his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel n of his Mideast spelists.)The idea made sense: have each side do something tangible to prove it was seriousabout peace and then start negotiations. But when Mr. N

6、etanyahu refused the totalfreeze,Obama backed down.Mr. Netanyahu has since offered a compromise 10-month freezet exempts Jerusalem,schools and synagogues and permits Israel to complete 3,000 housing units alreadyunder construction. The irony ist while this offer goeswhat past Israeliernments accepte

7、d, Mr. Obama had called for more. And the Palestinians promptlyrejected the compromise.Washington isnt the only one to blow it. AftushingObama to leadthe peace effort, Arab ses, espelly Saudi Arabia, refused to make anycons until settlements were halted. Mr. Mitcwas asking them to allowIsrael to fly

8、 commerl planes through Arab airspace or open a trade office. Theyhave also done far too little to strengthen Mr. Abbas, who is a weak leader but isstill the best hope for negotiatingace deal. Ditto for Washington and Israel.All this raises two questions: WhasObama learned from the experienceso he c

9、an improve his diplomatic performance generally? And does he plan to revivethe peace talks?Thehas no choice but to keep trying. At some poextremists will tryto provoke another war. and the absence of a dialogue will only make things worse.Advancing his own final-sus plan for a two-se solution is one

10、 high-risk wayforwardt we think is worth the gamble. Stalemate is unsustainable.：苛責(zé)“陪送”，上綱上線累不累？2009 年 09 月 01 日 00:00:10來源：新華網(wǎng)自從幾年前，一個拍到晚上操場上黑壓壓的露宿家長之后，家長陪送上大學(xué)就成了每年 8 月末 9 月初一個糾纏不清的話題?，F(xiàn)在好多家都是獨(dú)生慶祝。要是考上了，家長望子成龍、望女成鳳心切，孩子考上大學(xué)皆大歡喜，值得，家長一合計(jì)，走，送孩子去，一家人浩浩蕩蕩奔赴，順帶再去看看鳥巢，那種心情是既光榮，又自豪，還愜意。須知，寒窗 12 年，金榜題名，考生辛苦，家長辛苦？如今高考有了好結(jié)果，除去有一種不放心孩子的之外，送孩子上大學(xué)何嘗沒有種一起出去放松放松的意思呢？所以，有時候家長陪送，倒不一定就表明孩子不獨(dú)立、嬌生慣養(yǎng)什么的。送與不送，都是一個私人問題。這里面的很多原因，并不是誰可以憑借表象再加上“合理想象”就可以得出的結(jié)論。就像當(dāng)年拍到的陪送家長露宿操場這件事情，誰就能保證家長不是