options when it comes to brokering mideast peace? i don t think so but more difficult for this administration to play the role that the united states has traditionally played and tried to play. do you take that as a sign that the administration may have given up on the larger task? i hope they haven t given up, although not much prospect for moving forward on negotiations as such. but there is much bigger strategy aim that is also undermined by this decision, which is in the israelis and international partners should be trying to develop a strategy to build and solidify stability in the middle east in the entire region. that requires american leadership. it requires american constantly and clarity of purpose. and doing things like this, cause that constancy into