The Palestinian statehood bid reveals nothing.
I don't mean to make light of the gravity of the Palestinian UN-gambit, but some of the coverage and analysis strikes me as just a bit too breathless. Take this:
'Fran Townsend, a CNN contributor on national security issues, said the potential U.N. vote "puts the United States in a very awkward position.""It is a veto that will most certainly undermine U.S. credibility as an honest broker in the peace process," at least in the eyes of the Arab world, Townsend said.
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Really? The Arab world thinks the United States is an honest broker? Since when?
The frenzy of diplomatic activity around the Palestinian statehood bid is also a reminder of what an immensely unproductive endeavor it is for the United States to insert itself into the middle of an intractable standoff.