Poison the Well

President Obama sparked some controversy, showed his true face, and distracted from his own agenda with his foray into the Cambridge incident. His first statement was that he "did not know all the facts". Logic and discretion dictated that his next statement would be, "So, until I do know the facts, I am reserving comment." But the appointer of bad judges did not have the good judgement to say that, and instead, let his Jeremiah Wright churchgoer wade out and declared "the Cambridge police acted stupidly". He then fanned the flames in a Terry Moran interview in which he spoke of Gates' age and infirmity (implying that the professor certainly was no threat to police) without regard to the fact that Gates is younger and in better shape that the Holocaust Museum murderer. The President was thoughtless, just as his party was with the CARS program (Cash for Clunkers) that they could not successfully administer for one week and which was supposed to be funded through November but which needs immediate additional appropriation to continue. But these clowns can take over one-fifth of the economy and run health care seamlessly. Government efficiency is an active oxymoron. The domestic debacle is not enough for the neophyte in the Oval Office, Obama felt the need to exacerbate our problems abroad as well by making Israel's settlement policy the focus of the world's evils. Not Arab irredentism, not Palestinian violence, not Jihad by Muslims but a Jew adding a bedroom to his home in East Jerusalem is the cause of all the globe's ills. Of course, Obama's position only bolsters Arab intransigence and Palestinian rejectionism and this was all too vividly confirmed today with Saudi Arabia declaring no concessions would be made with Israel and with Fatah, the so-called moderate faction of Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, hardening its stance and calling for a unilateral declaration of independence with the nascent Palestinian state then embracing Iran. Both Middle East stories appear in today's Jerusalem Post online, and highlight how Obama's efforts to advance peace in the Middle East have had the opposite effect.