American Mid-Terms Offer Hope for a New Middle East: US Elections Are Setting the Scene for Two Challenging Years as the Region's Key Players Vie for Influence in the White House. Observers Should Be Prepared for Something Big

O'Sullivan, Edmund, MEED Middle East Economic Digest

Whoever wins or loses in America's mid-term polls, an opportunity is emerging for a Middle East peace breakthrough. Three ingredients are now at hand: a US president with nothing to lose, an Israeli prime minister with something to gain and moderate Arab oil-exporters that are stronger than they have been since the original oil price boom.

President Bush, the key player, is difficult to read. Son of a president and educated at Yale, he behaves like a farmer and sometimes talks like an idiot. But with no more elections, pro-Israel fanatics have lost traction in his White House. He has two full years to prevent Iraq in chaos being his principal legacy Redemption for a divisive …

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Publication information: Article title: American Mid-Terms Offer Hope for a New Middle East: US Elections Are Setting the Scene for Two Challenging Years as the Region's Key Players Vie for Influence in the White House. Observers Should Be Prepared for Something Big . Contributors: O'Sullivan, Edmund - Author. Magazine title: MEED Middle East Economic Digest. Volume: 50. Issue: 44 Publication date: November 3, 2006. Page number: 72. © 1999 MEED Middle East Economic Digest. All Rights Reserved. COPYRIGHT 2006 Gale Group.

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