We've had time to digest President Barack Obama's speech to AIPAC Sunday morning. After a lukewarm reception to his speech at the US State Department on Thursday, Obama had two choices. The first choice would have been to backtrack his comments about the '67 borders being the sensible and generally understood beginning point for a conversation between Israel and Palestine. The second choice would have been to essentially "double-down" and hold firm.

Many in the media in the US and Israel had been highly critical of Obama's State Department speech, with a general sense that to accept the '67 borders as a final definition was unacceptable. Prime Minister Benjamin Netenyahu called it "indefensable" and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, a candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination said, "Obama threw Israel under the bus."

Odd that Obama didn't remotely suggest that Israel accept as permanent the '67 borders...

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Your blog helped clear up the misinterpretation by the media.

And for Romney to suggest that "Obama Threw Israel Under The Bus" was not only unpatriotic, it was just ridiculous.