Lastly, the president hinted at a world wearying of both the Palestinian-Israeli squabble, and the terrorism it breeds. These remarks reveal more than the suggestion that those demands of the Palestinians that seem just will not be ignored forever. If one of the foundations of the pro-Israeli sentiment in the United States is that "Israel is the only Democracy in the Middle East", then the chance that democracy may emerge from either the debacle in Iraq or from the Arab Spring (that he supports) will certainly undermine that point of view as freedom-loving citizens will now have the opportunity to lavish their support on the emerging democracy dejour.
Nobody, especially our policy establishment, planned for the Arab Spring. In fact, it has occurred in contradiction of our policy. President Obama could not control its untimely arrival. He has acted as far in advance of the 2012 elections as possible. You can be 100% sure that as that election nears, we will hear less and less about halting settlements and 1967 borders. Every effort will be made to mend fences so that the embarrassment the president has deliberately brought upon himself will be largely forgotten by election time - even as his support for the Arab Spring endures.
That he has added, through this speech, his own failure to the litany of failure enumerated above is no accident. He is perfectly happy to have poured more water into the pool of the past, and bear the spectacle of those delighted to splash about in that tepid pond if it provides the necessary diversion to do what he really wants - address himself to the ocean of humanity swelling in pan-Arabia, and surf that tsunami to the future of our national interests.
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