http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ross
Bac, I just dont get you.
You keep sighting people who are just not as bad as you try to make them out to be.
Not even a month in and you think all these people are no change.
This man is an expert on middle east peace negociations.
You see evil where none exsists.
That's what you said about Geithner and Larry "nonwhite life is unimprtant and women are inherently stupid" Summers.
Guess whose assessment about them is being proved correct .. yours or mine?
My politics are based on evidence and analysis.
While the Iran portfolio remains unassigned, one figure stands out as a likely Obama appointee: Dennis Ross, a former US ambassador to Israel and lead negotiator during Israeli-Palestinian talks under President Bill Clinton. The New York Times reported Ross's presence inside the State Department on January 28, however, his duties remain unspecified. Considering Ross's hand in crafting Obama's outreach to the Israel lobby, and his own recent orientation towards US-Iran policy, there is reason to believe he will get the vaunted Iran portfolio, a pivotal component of Obama's foreign policy.
During the campaign, Obama faced an onslaught of attacks on his Muslim background and insinuations that he harbored sympathies to enemies of Israel. Enter Dennis Ross. The veteran diplomat is widely believed to have crafted Obama's campaign address to the American-Israeli Political Action committee in which the candidate called for an undying commitment to America's alliance with Israel and ensured that Jerusalem would remain "undivided," a controversial proposal that contradicted President George W. Bush's "Road Map For Peace." Having helped consolidate Jewish support for the young senator, Ross positioned himself for a prominent position in the upcoming administration.
Ross's hard line on Iran raised eyebrows. In the heat of the presidential race, Ross co-chaired an ad hoc group called United Against A Nuclear Iran. Members of the organization comprised a who's who of neocons and Iran hawks, including former Bush advisor Karen Hughes, neoconservative scholar Fouad Ajami, and Jim Woolsey, the former CIA chief who clamored for an invasion of Iraq well before Bush assumed power. In September, Ross added his signature to a report demanding that Iran suspend all uranium enrichment activities as a precondition for negotiation. Joining Ross in support of the statement were arch-neoconservatives Michael Makovsky and the American Enterprise Institute's Michael Rubin, with consultation from Patrick Clawson, the Iran specialist at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP), a think tank formed by AIPAC.
Ross' support for the confrontational statement is no surprise. He is closely tied to the Israel lobby, currently serving as a counselor and distinguished fellow at WINEP. When Ross joined the Obama campaign, WINEP released a statement declaring Ross a "nonexclusive" advisor in accordance its non-partisan classification. Despite these ties, or perhaps because of them, Ross appears in line for an appointment as envoy to Iran, or a position like it. For anyone hoping for a break from the confrontational approach to the Islamic Republic that has prevailed for eight years, this is a disturbing prospect.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ali-gharib/dennis-ross-as-iran-envoy_b_162116.html
None of that is news to me .. in fact, there is far more to be told about Dennis Ross. I know because I research .. and we differ, with all due respect, because it appears that you do not.
I see problems where it exists .. something you cannot do with your hands covering your eyes.
I'm right about Dennis Ross .. and unbeknownst to you .. we are already trying to undermine Iran and we're already engaged in a secret proxy war against Iran .. at the tune of hundreds of millions of US taxpayer dollars.
Go here and learn ...
http://current.com/items/89438469/america_s_secret_war.htm?xid=200
Guess who's behind that secret war?
Stop falling for the okey-doke.