There may be no better indication of how far outside the general norms of American foreign policy practice the Obama administration is than the standard bearer for left wing opinion in Israel, Haaretz, completely slamming Kerry for his indulgent reaching out to Hamas in order to secure a peace that would be fraudulent and illusory and serve only the interests of Islamist terror at the expense of Israel. The liberal elite in America can easily rationalize their ignoring of conservative opinion when it comes to Obama with cries of racism or warmongering or whatever - how do they explain away the criticisms of Israel's left? I mean, Livni herself, a notable figure of the Israeli left, said just a few days ago that talk of a truce was foolish - and yet Kerry actually thinks he knows better? Calling the actions of this administration farcical may be giving it too much credit - a farce at least manages to amuse. Ain't nothin' funny about this.
