The problem with Walt's latest blog http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/ is one of simple logic. A drunk who is engaged in self destructive behavior can save himself by stopping to drink. A drunk who drinks because his significant other causes him to do so, can't just stop drinking. The behavior of the significant other has to change first. Israel's occupation is self destructive, but to bring about change, Palestinian, Arab and Iranian behavior has to change. Walt forgets it takes two to tango and that whenever the Arabs danced, Israel did withdraw. It would be nice to see Walt write a "nuts" and "bolts" piece spelling out what needs to be done by both sides to the conflict to achieve a peaceful resolution of the conflict, and a road map how we can get from point A to point B. Focusing only on Israel is too simplistic. It is rhetoric not grounded in history or political science analysis.