Obama Reacts To Missile Attack From Hamas

When the cease-fire ended last week, Hamas wasted no time at all: they sent upwards of 70 missiles into Israel. Israel has replied to this unprovoked attack for the past 3 days, and all Obama has had to say is that he is deferring comment since he's not President yet:

"Obama’s views on the Israeli action remain opaque. Even as the attack continued into its third day Monday, with a Palestinian death toll topping 300 and Israel threatening a ground invasion, Obama had yet to say a word about the crisis, on the grounds that President Bush (who has also been silent) must take the lead." (source)

Great. This is what we can expect from this man-boy for the next few years, apparently. Duck and weave your way through the first term, trying to please all sides as you keep everyone unable to read you.

Meanwhile the rest of the world watches Barry speak out of both sides of his mouth. We leave the era (the last 8 years) of "Say What You Mean, And Mean What You Say" leadership. Say what you will about President Bush, but he didn't try to force some "peace settlement" on Israel or any other Arab nation, as both Clinton and Carter did, both times resulting in the assasination of those nations' rulers.

We shouldn't fool ourselves to think that we can solve the "Middle East Question". We should think first about who's been a better partner to us and represents Western values in the Middle East.