Erika Johnsen

In May, President Obama made an embarrassingly feeble, poorly-thought-out attempt to play the Great Diplomat and mediate the Israel-Palestine conflict, but it went down in the books as yet another foreign policy-fumble. His call for Israel to return to its pre-1967 borders was based in neither reality nor logic, and he pretty much threw our longtime and only Middle Eastern ally under the metaphorical bus. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu countered with a rousing speech to Congress and set the record straight, but since then, we haven't really seen anything come of the whole affair, and further talks have been foundering.



Senior officials from the international group of Mideast peacemakers _ the U.S., the U.N., the European Union and Russia _ planned to meet Monday in Washington. The goal is to revive the process by increasing pressure on the two sides to return to talks. ...





Obama's attempt to intercede here was a major show of both disloyalty and weakness, and, in sum, an epic fail. For a great reminder of why we need to continue to support Israel as a friend and ally, check out Dennis Prager's video below.

Erika Johnsen
