In today’s preview of the May/June 2010 issue of Foreign Policy is an article by Aaron David Miller on why he is no longer a believer in what he calls “The False Religion of Mideast Peace.”  http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/04/19/the_false_religion_of_mideast_peace.  It is lengthy and challenges almost all that US administrations and, I would guess Americans generally, have long believed about both the objective and our role in reaching it.  I urge you to read it.