Rumblings

When a staunch supporter like the New York Times calls Obama's plans in the Middle East to be 'unraveling', one knows that something is amiss. Evidence of lopsided policies include Obama plans to send another 34,000 soldiers to Afghanistan in the hope of winning an unwinnable war.

Nine months later, the president’s promising peace initiative has unraveled. The Israelis have refused to stop all building. The Palestinians say that they won’t talk to the Israelis until they do, and President Mahmoud Abbas is so despondent he has threatened to quit. Arab states are refusing to do anything. Mr. Obama’s own credibility is so diminished (his approval rating in Israel is 4 percent) that serious negotiations may be farther off than ever. More here.