Pundits who follow middle east news were saying even before the election that once Obama’s appeasement failed to effectively engage Iran and other thugocracies, that he would turn his attention to bullying Israel.  And so he has.  His recent – and shockingly disingenuous, even for him – interest in Jerusalem real estate is the most recent example.

Issues in which Obama apparently has no interest:

• Islamic child marriages
• Gays being executed in Iran
• Women being stoned or whipped for the crime of having been raped
• Palestinian rocket attacks against Israel
• Palestinian desecration of Jewish holy sites
• Gilad Shalit
• the non-massacre at Jenin
• Palestinian television shows for children that glamorize suicide bombing
• Pallywood propaganda that would make Leni Riefenstahl blush

I could go on, but… you get the idea.  All of those things are less important to him than the entirely legal and normal construction of some apartments in Jerusalem.

Like water, bullies follow the course of least resistance.  When the Islamic thugocracies thumbed their noses at Obama, he turned to Israel as a more attractive target.  Here’s hoping Bibi Netanyahu chooses to stand his ground, both rhetorically and literally.