THAT UR IS NO BILL CLINTON:

US fury as Israel defies settlement freeze call (Sheera Frenkel, 9/05/09, Times of London)

Israeli plans to authorise the construction of hundreds of houses in the occupied West Bank sparked furious protests from American and Palestinian officials yesterday. [...]

Another US official said: “In the end America will be forced to do what is necessary to bring the Israelis and the Palestinians back to the negotiation table. But the Netanyahu Government has proven difficult to work with.”

Mr. Netanyahu came out of the Wye River talks like a whipped cur, but he seems to have learned from the experience. Mr. Obama, by contrast, has no experience of any kind.

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 5, 2009 7:55 AM