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SMART DIPLOMACY: 327 House members tell Obama to make U-turn on US-Israeli relations. ?The letter

By Glenn Reynolds

SMART DIPLOMACY: 327 House members tell Obama to make U-turn on US-Israeli relations. “The letter?s lead signatories were Eric Cantor (R-VA) and Steny Hoyer (D-MD). The letter had only circulated for three days last week before garnering 327 signatures, probably the most bipartisan effort seen on Capitol Hill in this session of Congress. It provides a measure of just how far out of the mainstream the Obama administration has gotten on relations with Israel. Moreover, they?re entirely correct. Thanks to what amounts to a reversal of 20 years of American policy on settlements in Jerusalem, Obama has given the Palestinians a reason to refuse to come to the table that Israel simply can?t address. Obama has made peace a lot less likely than it was fifteen months ago by throwing his tantrum in such a public manner. Weakening Israel won?t bring peace ? it will bring more attacks on Israel as Palestinians begin to believe that the US won?t back its ally any longer.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on March 28, 2010 (boomark / email).