Imaginings...(GAZA)

Here we go again. Of course reading the full story may make a difference, but I will pre-empt that.

What happened to "the principle of one president at a time"?

There is no talk of Obama approving direct diplomatic negotiations with Hamas early on, but he is being urged by advisers to initiate low-level or clandestine approaches, and there is growing recognition in Washington that the policy of ostracising Hamas is counter-productive.

The President-elect is rarely mum.

[At this point I pause to read the full story and post a leak(tangent). The contradictions may be of the nature of "damned if you do, damned if you don't" stay mum, which is impossible. Combined with the hope for a free society and progress. Epitomized by the irony of the discussion about secret talks.]