(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Editorial - If on-again, off-again negotiations since the 1960s have failed to resolve the status of the Golan Heights, what reason is there to think progress might be made in the near or even long-term future with Syria in such turmoil? What reason is there to think that Syria would be a responsible neighbor even if a deal on the Golan could be reached? Some U.S. allies have criticized the U.S. for taking a decisive position - for unilaterally tipping the balance - on a long-simmering issue. However, they haven't done anything to make the situation right over the past half-century, and the international community shouldn't continue holding the Golan's fate in abeyance.
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