After his stupid ploy failed, at least he exercised it. How many kicks in the pants will it take for Obama to figure out that kissing up to the Arab world never works? It's total capitulation or nothing.
There's a meaningful difference between a non-binding UNSC statement that rejects "the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity," (the proposed compromise) and a binding resolution that declares it "illegal" and demands an immediate and complete moratorium on "all settlement activities," and specifically "including East Jerusalem." The latter would have represented total capitulation or very close to it. But the former would still have sent the wrong message, yet again, to just about everyone. And just by floating it, (more) damage has already been done.
Nevertheless, I appreciate the veto.
Shabbat Shalom.
There's a meaningful difference between a non-binding UNSC statement that rejects "the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity," (the proposed compromise) and a binding resolution that declares it "illegal" and demands an immediate and complete moratorium on "all settlement activities," and specifically "including East Jerusalem." The latter would have represented total capitulation or very close to it. But the former would still have sent the wrong message, yet again, to just about everyone. And just by floating it, (more) damage has already been done.
Nevertheless, I appreciate the veto.
Shabbat Shalom.
