Why do Carter and Robinson think that Hamas might be willing to lay down its arms? It will not: after all, by doing so, this 'legitimate political actor' would abandon its raison d’être, namely the elimination of the Jewish state.
The president – of a country that systematically and continuously disrespects the right of nations to chart their own path, and a country that subordinates and punishes anyone who won’t submit to the American world view – is talking nonsense, and he believes that everyone will swallow it.
Should Obama be able to use the Iraq crisis to forge a lasting alliance with Iran, it would be a veritable diplomatic stroke of genius. Yet one should not be naive: The conflict against ISIS may unite both countries in the short term. Then, however, their visions for the region's future diverge.
Robin Koerner-. Published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Obama's indecision has fostered the advance of the Islamists, thinks Islam scholar Guido Steinberg. America will intervene in the not-too-distant future.