Obama’s first Mid-East speech barely got Palestinians and Israelis to the table. His recent speeches will get them nowhere. Not that the speeches were bad, of course. No Obama speech was ever bad. Saudis should not have called them meaningless drivel. Just because there are principles one disagrees, that does not make disagreeable principles meaningless. Israel’s Netanyahu should not have said Obama does not understand reality. That is too harsh given the aim to forge better realities. Obama’s speeches sure were naive, though. … Keep reading “A Bridge too Burned?“