On the positive side, his experience with Ireland should serve him well. That has been a constant struggle, trying to bring two sides together, while terrorists have done their best to block the way for good politicians. Many lessons can be learned and transferred, a roadmap lightly redrawn.
On the negative side, well, Iraq and close links with America shouldn't be too much of a surprise.
The real problem is that those who don't want to move forward have many excuses that they can make. It doesn't matter whether or not they are true, but the excuses can be used. He can be accused of acting for the wrong reasons, of being short sighted, of being unable to plan, of being the American puppet. All of those options, cards to be played by Hamas and others whenever they feel things aren't going their way.
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