By Neil the Ethical Werewolf
As Ezra Klein's Shabbos Goy, it falls to me to defend American Jews from Mona Charen's post calling them "downright stupid." She criticizes Jews for opposing Bush despite his being "indisputably the most pro-Israel president in decades." She continues:
For those who want a taste of what a Democratic administration would be doing right now in the Israel/Hezbollah war, check out Clinton Secretary of State Warren Christopher’s op-ed in today’s Post. This is the Christopher who spent most of his time in office cooling his heels in the outer office of Hafez Assad. (His successor spent most of her time importuning Yasser Arafat.) That worked out really well, didn’t it?
In fact... yeah! Christopher's op-ed describes successful American diplomacy, performed at the request of Israeli prime ministers, that ended hostilities like the ones we see today. Remember when America's "Honest Broker" role in the Middle East wasn't a joke? Remember?
