Older and Weiser

On August 26th, I posted a piece entitled, “No Return.” In it, I commented on the political blunder I believed President Obama made in the Middle East by criticizing Israeli’s policy on West Bank settlements:

“In his passion to establish rapport with the Muslim world, it would seem that The President committed a cardinal political error: he lost his base.  In emphasizing the West Bank settlements and by ignoring the issues important to Israelis, he has lost the support of voters in a democracy with the power to direct their leaders to follow him in a peace process.”

In the face of this failed strategy, the Administration has changed its tack.  According to a story in Sunday’s Washington Post, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has now taken to praising Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and offering tacit criticism of the Palestinian Authority.

Here is a link to the Washington Post piece

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