At The UN Obama Threads the Needle............by Dan Friedman

Acutely aware his reelection at home is in jeopardy, Obama spoke to the UN General Assembly today. His speech, at least the section that dealt with “the peace process,” was a feat of rhetorical engineering. I’m sure if you counted the words, the number devoted to Israel and the number devoted to “Palestine” would be equal.

You can be sure the White House looked high and low for a “peace” quote from Abbas, and this was the best they could come up with: “We will spare no effort and we will work diligently and tirelessly to ensure these negotiations achieve their cause.” Heh, even as Obama quotes Abbas, he fails to recognize (or ignores) his duplicity.

Here is the White House transcript of the speech.

Dan Friedman
NYC