My president is too busy for Mideast peace talks

Thomas Friedman

Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 | 2:01 a.m.

Israeli friends have been asking me whether a re-elected President Barack Obama will take revenge on Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu for the way he and Sheldon Adelson, his foolhardy financier, openly backed Mitt Romney. My answer to Israelis is this: You should be so lucky. You should be so lucky that the president feels he has the time, energy and political capital to spend wrestling with Bibi to forge a peace between Israelis and Palestinians. I don’t see it anytime soon. Obama has his marching orders from the American people: Focus on Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, not on Bethlehem, Palestine, and focus ...

Thomas Friedman is a columnist for The New York Times.

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By CarmineD (Carmine DiFazio)

Nov. 13, 2012

4:53 a.m.

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Mr. Friedman:

Usually, I agree with you. Not on this one. Our President should never be too busy for our allies and the events and circumstances happening all around them. Espeically if it's only to play c celebratory 9-18 holes of golf. There's a few countries in the middle east that are in the midst of imploding as well as a few which are exploding. Too busy to deal with them now then no time to do so later.

CarmineD