Hallelujah, what would we do without it? "Thank G-d for them to deviate the attention from our total impotence in the ME and else where, our total failure of governance in the last 4.5 years"! Signed, the Obama administration.

First of all, lets call it what it is, it's not really the middle east as it is the Arab World. Israel is able to have social protests and change governments without killing anyone. We're not part of this belegan. This isn't the US's fault for any reason. This is just the Arab World being the Arab World. Sure you could say it is because of the lack of leadership from Israel or the US, but we don't have any right to be leaders for these countries, and even when we do try, they don't really listen anyways. Let them find their own way. We'll just do our own thing and keep a few extra soldiers on the borders to keep watch.

Obama draws red lines only to move them. It is like chasing rainbows. This is nothing new in US policy since decades and no US president ever kept promises to the Palestinians and Arabs in general. The US lost its credibility in the Arab and Muslim world and the so called Arab Spring is a result of years of frustrations. Young Arabs no longer accept humiliation.The Arab Spring is the result and sooner or later it will engulf all the Arab countries and will be knocking on Israel´s door.

Right at the beginning he said he'd sort the ME problem in 3 years.

is obviously not in touch with reality himself. Somehow the writer is a professor.

what could happen to US in special and the World in general. to me it seems that the stupid leftists only voted for him twice because of their "bad historic conscience" towards their blacks during the centuries.Obamas abilites start and stop with his trained rhetorics, he moves are deplorable! I only hope that Bibi will not yield to his or his FM's desparate wishes!

superpower works in conflect between wrong and wrong ..i think nowadays the conflect is between right and wrong and the superpower is confused

discussion the worst US president but Obama is going at high speed for the first post.

The problem is not that Obama is out of touch. He knows very well the harm he plans to do to Israel. Obama also knows very well the harm his policies are doing to America, for that matter. Obama is pure evil. His loyalties are not with Israel. Not even with America, but with Radical Islam. That is why Radical Islamic leaders have recently threatened to expose Obama. They know all about him.

What could possibly make this round of peace talks succeed when all others failed? Israel's security. How could this possibly be achieved in away that would make Israel safe! 1. The Egyptian army enters Gaza to destroys Hamas. 2. The US takes out the Iranian bomb. 3. Israel smashes Hezbollah. Baring some major change with the facts on the ground, these peace talks are doomed!

So far your is the only post that states the obvious. This reflects the psychology of many of the posters here: they feel helpless and want Mommy US to come and save them. It's too bad that Israelis and their supporters don't feel more empowered to solve their own problems. No, little children, it is not up to the US to come and sort out your problems. It is up to the people in these nations to solve their own problems. Everything I'm saying is obvious to every single person on the planet except for the writer of this article and those talkbackers who agree with him.

with the ME. Only with the Islam and he got that wrong too.

He is as much entitled to the Nobel Prize as Yasser Arafart.

Absolute Balls.......there is now way that Obama or any other weak world leader could have on what is happening, this is a centuries old inevitability of relgious fanatics desire to fulfill centuries old misguided dreams of their brand of relgion dominating and ensuring what they think is the right way to live..

Obama is so far over his head and beyond his understanding that he is barely treading water. Elected because of his race his supporters never looked at his ability ( or lack therein) It is beyond him to understand the nuances of the Arab world and what is going on. It is, of course, easier to understand if you have been following for years. He obviously hasn't. It is almost to be expected that he focuses on Israel. We are peaceful, the situation hasn't changed in years. It is something that he understands and therefore will focus on.

when it comes to anywhere else they are a nothing. They`re a force when it comes to Jews, because Jews are a beaten people with a schnorrer attitude. The Jews cant get over the fact they have a country and that they ought to be a proud people.

1) USA has lost touch altogether. Has no clue what they are doing. Look at all the recent American Fiascos. -- 2) The Egyptian military is doing the right thing. After Obama helped put Morsi in power, they are trying to keep the Islamic Crazies from ruling. The current situation is what I predicted. -- 3) USA should just stay out of everybodies business for a change. Whatever they touch turns into rubbish.

You should be grateful that any Americans are still bothering to talk to Netanyahu at all. Israel's provocative behavior and rudeness towards Obama and the US makes many Americans, me included, want to walk away completely and let you deal with your issues on your own. BTW-I am a Jewish Zionist American.

His administration and Capitol Hill is stuffed with AIPAC's goons following zionist marching orders ,... Let the Israel firsters mendding in US affairs and we can say goodbye not only to M. East and N. Africa but to our status and influence around the world ,... Can't get far or anywhere defending someone hated so much behave like a spoiled brat and act like little bully ,...

- take an initiative and act militarily on Iran. Even if so doing, the US has lost the whole region by dragging on to long. I think that Obama does not have a clue of what to do, He does not understand reality, He needs Help. Arn.Sweden.

Reread the article for what Mr. Shain would have Obama do. His advice in the final paragraph: "deep and clear thinking". If you're so smart, Mr. Shain, how about some policy advice?

Depend in how much Arabs will remain and how deep distruction will be generated, seem as a turbine spin, Frustuation is not the issue ,as is the hate for each other.

Israel is a sovereign country and you are not an Israeli, therefore it is non of your business to like or dislike a government that was chosen by Israelis. Either you support Israel's right to exist against so many genocidal enemies or you don't. You are not a Zionist! you have an identity problem as many other American Jews have.

This man will go down in history as the worst U.S. president in U.S.history. The Obama Legacy will be the lesson of retrospection, regret, shame, ignorance and infamy of all time to come.

Americans in general are not very knowledgeable about world history, geography, political philosophy, cultural history or classical world literature and the like. "O" was never part of the American intellectual, elite social class that had cosmopolitan experiences. His education - it's legally classified as secret! - is bereft of all the subject matters referenced above: he's a typical third-world mindset, a "rapper" who was elected out of white guilt. He cannot be held to the same standard as a cultured world- politician: he's an overrated individual absolutely ignorant of world-affairs that are not connected to his ethnicity and people of color.