There’s something a tad disconcerting about whether Maureen Dowd pinched something from a blog without giving it proper due being a hotter topic than Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visiting the White House today. Punditry’s obsession with itself being its primary topic is hardly news, but given the gravity of the situation in the Middle East would all y’all mind putting down the mirror long enough to take a look at what’s going on in the world where throwing live ammo around doesn’t mean exchanging snarky comments on the Internet? Thanks.
Anyway, the notion Obama is going to push to Netanyahu — just make nice to the Palestinians and Iran will forget all about those silly nuclear weapons and threats to wipe you off the map with them — would be laughably naive if the matter wasn’t so serious. Come on. I mean, come on. Other than occasional lip service, when has Iran ever given a rip about the Palestinians? For that matter, when has Hamas ever stated its purpose is anything besides the destruction of Israel? Somehow I doubt Netanyahu is going to be all that keen on chancing Obama’s proposal won’t backfire to the tune of ready aim at Tel Aviv fire.
I’m not seeing this ending well. And oh, do I hope I’m wrong.
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Sobering times, to be certain. The naivete and blindness of our current government (and most of the country) is frightening, to say the least. Time to be about the Father’s business.