Progress in the Middle East and Latin America

American electorate against US intervention are being felt, if only marginally. Recent polling shows little or no American appetite for being drawn into a war on the side of Israel against Iran’s nuclear program and the Teheran regime itself. The election results are a stinging rebuke to Prime Minister Netanyahu, the Likud Party and the billionaire fringe headed by corrupt casino magnate Sheldon Adelson. Now the Israeli regime is “rushing” to make nice with Obama lest he engage in bilateral talks with Iran or “go easy” on the PLO’s quest for upgraded status at the UN. These are reasonable initiatives that the president should take in pursuit of a “grand bargain” over the Middle East, pushing a day of reckoning down the road.