world — let's put it that way." The Republican's camp quickly backpedaled from that assessment. In October, it was Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kerry's turn to take fire for a similarly nuanced assessment, this time delivered to Matt Bai of the New York Times. Victory over extremists, the former s

violence and turmoil in Egypt, these are long movies that will take years to play out. And America is not the central actor. As Secretary of State John F. Kerry's recent effort has shown, the Israeli-Palestinian issue still offers a greater possibility for a consequential role. But that depends almost entirel