[sinkspur]

Furthermore, because the resolution strengthens the UN as the arbiter of peace and security in the region, the diplomatic price the US will be forced to pay if it decides to go outside the UN to contend with the Iranian threat has been vastly increased.

Bush has never cared about "diplomatic price". Glick has been singularly gloomy in all her predictions, and she has never been either a Sharon or Ohlmert fan.

So, I read her commentaries in that context.

The US will act in its own best interests regardless of what Russia and China think. That is the truth of the matter.

[La Enchiladita]

I think Israel, on the whole, is more "European" than we expect and they put importance on the opinion of the "world community" that we do not. This squishiness has led to the placement of Kadima rather than Likud into power. Presently, I am going to take the bickering and opinion going on within Israel with a grain or two of salt.