Even Shimon Peres can't find a saving grace

For the last fifteen years, Shimon Peres has been the perpetual optimist, telling us that a 'new Middle East' was just around the corner and that peace was on its way. Words like 'delusional' and 'detached from reality' often accompanied descriptions of Peres' optimism in this blog and elsewhere. But although Peres tried to put the best face on his Tuesday meeting with American President Barack