Zbigniew Brzezinski on the Gaza conflict, schools Joe Scarborough

The endless conflict between Hamas, Palestinians, and Israel leaves room for so much blame to go around, and, yes, the United States has a hand in this. From it's conception in 1948, the division of two states has struggled. The United Nations, the U.S., and England among others have long tried to broker a peace treaty and/or a cease fire to no avail. While both sides cannot accept all of the blame, the world hopes that somehow rational minds will someday prevail. Condi Rice, to her credit has devoted endless trips to the Middle East intending to extend the cease fire which has expired.

As President-Elect Obama watches closely, and plans his plan for brokering a deal. Both sides should hope that he models his effort after that of Presidents Carter and Clinton. Both which saw some success. Ideally, he will demand that Hamas, whom was Democratically elected start behaving like it. Some factions have already adhered, but radical groups that are tolerated, have to be dismantled.

This morning's Morning Joe on MSNBC, featured Joe Scarborough ranting on the glory of Dick Cheney with Mike Barnicle. Following that, he got a lesson on the conflict from his co-host's father Zbigniew Brzezinski, former Carter National Security Advisor.

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