It has been floating out there in the ether of diplomatic possibilities ever since.
While he would like to explore such diplomatic possibilities, Mr. Sheetrit also supports Mr. Sharon's policy of stepped-up military action.
That allowed Mr. Blair to say he had exhausted the diplomatic possibilities for dealing with Mr. Hussein and cleared the way for fulfilling his pledge to fight at America's side.
If, on the other hand, there is not a sense of the exhaustion of the diplomatic possibilities, if there is a feeling that there's a rush to judgment, I think the negative implications would be just gigantic.
These diplomatic possibilities were suggested by Senator John Kerry, of Massachusetts, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, who met with Assad in Damascus in February — his third visit since Assad took office, in 2000.
What is clear, however, is that diplomatic possibilities for compromise with Hamas have yet to be pursued.
It looks more & more as if Richard Nixon had become persuaded that he has exhausted the possibilities for diplomatic initiative in Paris & the possibilities for military initiatives in Vietnam.
Yet an American military strike against Mr. Assad's forces remain a real possibility if diplomatic efforts fail.
