the geopolitical reality that makes it next to impossible for these talks to succeed. >> eric: i mean, as you are saying, what i hear you saying, then, it isn't enough to have the talks in washington. lets alone between the two parties and you have to get everybody on board, to deal with the palestinians and, potentially deal with hamas, too. >> that is one reason why i think the two-state solution, another one of the fundamental premises of the talk, two states, one israeli, one palestinian, is not going to, well, either, but we have to let it play out and have to see if there is any bay to make progress toward the two-state solution. and, the secretary of state, hillary clinton, said he intends to sit in a number of these sessions, and, i don't think that will be productive, either, because, i think you need to get the two parties talking alone, between each other, but, i think, her involvement, her potential involvement, simply underlines the obama administration's play -- to play the hand out and continue to press ahead, no matter how bleak