Just like the Good Old Days.

Today, in the safe confines of the State Department, The Obamessiah delivered a rousing speech about the status of The Middle East, as well a glimpse into his hopes for the future.  The two big things he did during his speech was lay the smack down on King telling to either lead the transition in his country, or get out of it's way.  Hey didn't exactly say 'or else', but I've seen enough movies to know the or else was there.

I'm not quite sure what the 'or else' would be...another No-Fly Zone maybe? 

In a different time, we could have asked Israel to deliver a little message to the Syrian's for us, but, after Barry's other big policy development, I am not sure they are feeling too friendly towards us, since Barry said...hey, let's just reset everything to 1967 borders, and replay the down, and try again from there.

I don't pretend to be able to solve the Middle Easts problems.  Frankly, I don't think there is a solution...there is no scenario I can see where there will not be at least a continual mild dislike in the air over there.  Drawing arbitrary lines on a map are not going to fix that. 

It's a messy situation over there...and at times, both sides have acted in a less than polite manner.  However, while I am not a practicing Jew, I do respect my Jewish heritage, and I have never had any crisis of faith labeling the Good Guys and the Bad Guys.  It's much easier for me to see things from their side that the other side.

National Security, which has traditionally been Israel's reason for holding onto the West Bank and the Golan Height's, is always a concern.  While things are pretty stable with Jordan right now, as The Obamesiah himself pointed out, things in Syria are changing.  Without those territories, Israel does not have very good defensive depth against invasion, however slim a possibility it is. 

The other reason Israel is leery to give up the West Bank is that they have had it for 40 years...Israeli families have grown and bloomed thinking of that as Israeli territory.  Possession is 9/10th of the law...Does The Obamessiah propose giving back the South West to Mexico(never mind...don't answer that question...it's already in progress).

The only bone thrown to the Israeli's in the speech today was that our President feels that the Palestinian's should move forward without input from Hamas.

Like most of the President's plans, he didn't go into detail about how any of this should happen, just kind of a 'Make it so' speech.  Although, he does expect me and you to help pay for it:

He implored the American people to see that it is worth devoting U.S. might and money to help stabilize a dangerous region and help people fighting for freedom.
Better get on raising that debt ceiling for all the important things....