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Jim Jones vs. Dennis Ross on Linkage
The New Republic blogs —
... Ben Smith notes that national security advisor Jim Jones, speaking at the J Street conference last week, called the Middle East conflict "the epicenter" of U.S. foreign policy problems around the world. ...
Politico: Jones Went Way Off Script at J Street
Weekly Standard Blog —
... "It seems quite odd to place the conflict ahead of Afghanistan, Iran, and China, among other White House priorities," Smith says in a follow-up. And of course the reverse is true, contra Jones. Solving the Iran problem -- imagine what the peace process would look like if Israel didn't feel an existential threat from Iran and if Hamas didn't have a state sponsor -- would have "ripples that echo" across the Middle East and beyond. ...
