Lee Smith: Extreme Makeover - Obama's Middle East policy may soon shift away from moderates in favor of extremists - '...negotiating with extremists will look like war, just that only one side will be fighting while the other side -- the United States -- tries to stop the bloodshed by petitioning the extremists to accept more ransom. The way Obama sees it, the upside is that it will not be a war without end, like the war on terror. All the extremists in the Muslim world want is money and the power that will flow their way as the consequence of the U.S. withdrawal from the Persian Gulf. The faster the United States leaves, the cheaper the cost. This is why the Jewish state is isolated today and why Washington stands with her only reluctantly: Distancing ourselves from Israel is part of the deal we are preparing to strike.'