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From The Ma'an News Agency:
Bethlehem - Ma'an/Agencies - US President-elect Barack Obama is considering a deployment of NATO forces to the West Bank as part of a plan for resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict, an American newsmagazine reported on Wednesday.
Former US-national security advisors Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski reportedly endorsed the strategy in recent days. Meanwhile, Obama's nominee to head the National Security Council, Gen. James Jones, apparently favors the idea, all according to Newsweek, a weekly American newsmagazine.
"A principle that appeared to be out of bounds I think is now in bounds," said Tony Blair, the Middle East envoy from the International Quartet countries.
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My Comment: I have not read any news on this issue in any other news outlet. I would take this news with a great deal of skepticism.
As to the idea of U.S. troops in the West Bank .... this is a terrible idea. If we do not have the stomach to stay there for the next few hundred years (like the Romans did), I would not recommend such a policy.