Wednesday, October 21, 2009
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Barry Rubin: When it comes to the Middle East: The Brains in Spain (and elsewhere) Fall Mainly Down the Drain - '...Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero and Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, who is widely considered in the European Union to be their big brain on the Middle East, visited Israel and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. According to reliable leaks, Moratinos told Netanyahu that Turkey will stop baiting Israel -- excluding it at the last minute from long-planned joint military maneuvers, running antisemitic shows on state television, and a whole range of other insults -- if Israel agrees to have it mediate between Israel and Syria. One of the two Spaniards then remarked: "Assad is serious and more responsible….It is possible to reach an agreement with him." Netanyahu politely, and no doubt firmly, demurred...'
