"... I wonder, since Obama seems fine with forcing on Israel a ceasefire that would undermine its interests and even in the long view threaten its survival while serving the interests of its enemies by leaving them intact and emboldened to carry on with the tactics of their terrorist ways... I wonder, does that mean Obama would have supported Palmerston's waylaid efforts to end Britain's stance of neutrality during the Civil War by embracing an armistice between the Union and the Confederacy which would have recognized the south as an independent country thereby ensuring the continuance of slavery?... seems like a rather odd position for a black president who likes to think of himself as Lincolnish to find himself in... if such a thing had come to pass, would it be Obama's contention that Lincoln would have been wise to accept peace on terms that would have dissolved the union and guaranteed renewed violence down the road under circumstances much less favorable to the north ...?"
