New Resolution on Mideast Peace Passes at UN

by 158 | December 17, 2008 at 08:28 am

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The idea is good but like most UN

resolutions this one will likely go

nowhere, accomplish nothing. Israel can

defend itself and the Palestinian leaders

don't want peace.

The Bush administration, looking to shore up its foreign-policy legacy, and the international community, hoping to influence the future Obama White House, are teaming up to press the Middle East peace process forward.

It's an against-the-odds attempt. But the first United Nations Security Council resolution on the peace process in five years – since the diplomacy-stalling Iraq war in 2003 – was approved Tuesday. The vote was 14 to 0, with Libya abstaining.

The idea is to show broad support for keeping the peace process that was started by President Bush a year ago on its rails into the next US presidency.