Dear Obama, Be Clever at the UN

Gershom Gorenberg, American Prospect
Dear Mr. Obama, A clever person succeeds in climbing out of the hole that a wise one avoids falling into. So says a Hebrew adage often applied to national leaders. To my great sorrow, you have already missed the chance to respond wisely to the upcoming Palestinian bid for U.N. recognition. You still have a few days left to be clever. I desperately hope you use them. You strode into a foreign-policy hole during your Middle East speech last May when you dismissed Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas's plan to ask for U.N. membership an attempt "to isolate Israel at the United...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/09/18/dear_obama_be_clever_at_the_un_263705.html

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