A reminder: The Middle East is not Nothern Ireland

Before George Mitchell became the United States' Special Envoy to the Middle East, his claim to fame was that he had brought an 'end' to sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland.Last week, President Obumbler told Time Magazine's Joe Klein that the Middle East was 'harder' than he expected, and that he believed when he came into office that the Middle East could be resolved as Northern Ireland was '