Neighborhood Bully

President Obama must not be a fan of Bob Dylan or he might have otherwise avoided throwing Israel under the bus in his speech to the U.N. today. I have never heard an American president speak so callously of a potentially endangered ally and at the same time so eager to please the Muslim world than was on display in New York this afternoon. After dressing down Israel for their continued "occupation" and expansion of the West Bank, the President conceded that efforts to quash Palestinian "incitement against Israel" has been less than successful and continues to hamper a two-state solution. Nevertheless, after we have secured peace between Palestine and Israel, the President went on to explain that "we will also pursue peace between Israel and Lebanon, Israel and Syria, and a broader peace between Israel and its many neighbors." With that lineup of democratic all-stars waiting on deck, and other Arab leaders systemically calling to wipe Israel off the map, it seems implausible then that Israel should be cast as the troublemaker.