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Thursday, June 02, 2011
BiPartisan Agreement on Israel
VideoBite: The video above celebrates Congressional unity on Israel.
Peter Wallsten noted in the Washington Post that President Obama "is largely isolated politically in raising the issue of boundaries."
I do believe that there is unity for Israel and that Obama is isolated on this issue. I think he is wrong, I think he has, at most, no more of a clue about how to help the Middle East as any other president. I think if he is reelected that this will still not go anywhere because I think he has seen that the public and Congress disagree with him, at least the vocal public that are in a position to get things done. I think he tried to take a different approach, I think a wrong one, but what he discovered is that either he is wrong, or at least a lot of people believe he is. And he has other problems to contend with, such as a possible slowdown of the (so far) anemic recovery. Obama will not prove to be the undoing of Israel.
I do believe that there is unity for Israel and that Obama is isolated on this issue. I think he is wrong, I think he has, at most, no more of a clue about how to help the Middle East as any other president. I think if he is reelected that this will still not go anywhere because I think he has seen that the public and Congress disagree with him, at least the vocal public that are in a position to get things done. I think he tried to take a different approach, I think a wrong one, but what he discovered is that either he is wrong, or at least a lot of people believe he is. And he has other problems to contend with, such as a possible slowdown of the (so far) anemic recovery. Obama will not prove to be the undoing of Israel.
ReplyDeleteI pray you are correct, and the damage he can do is minimal.
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