Middle East conflict has no easy answers, only hard choices

— Courtesy China Daily There is a familiar rhythm to the wars that the United States starts: a burst of declaratory confidence, a promise of swift resolution and then the slow intrusion of reality. The latest statements from Washington on the Middle East — oscillating between imminent victory and overwhelming escalation — fit that pattern all too well. Set against the hard facts of US troop movements, the scale of the recent counterattacks Israel endured and the subtle but unmistakable h...

By none@none.com (China DailyEditorialANN)