Wednesday, May 26, 2010
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Bibi Gets Another Meeting with Obama - '...As a colleague wryly remarks: "Wow--the fundraising must really be in catastrophic condition." Yes, one suspects that has a role in the "charm offensive." Here's the thing, though: for Obama to really repair the damage he has done, he'd have to make dramatic changes in policy (e.g., give a speech saying military force remains an option, give Israel the same pledge of full support he extended to South Korea, cease the demands for unilateral concessions from Israel, loudly condemn continuing instances of Palestinian incitement, block Iran's participation in UN committees and commissions, walk out of the UN Human Rights Council). Or maybe he figures he can avoid any substantive change in policy and get back in the good graces of American Jewry. It may be a savvy calculation.'
