Obama says situation in Mideast 'unsustainable'

AP on Yahoo ^ | 6/9/10 | Darlene Superville - ap

[NormsRevenge]

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama called the increasingly tense environment in the Mideast "unsustainable" Wednesday and said Israel needs a "better approach" in blockaded Gaza that would satisfy security and humanitarian needs.

Turning his attention to the troubled region as he welcomed Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to the White House for talks, Obama also predicted "real progress" in coming months in U.S. efforts to nudge the Israelis and Palestinians toward direct peace talks.

The meeting came a little more than a week after Israel's deadly May 31 raid on a flotilla hoping to break the blockade. Nine men in the flotilla were killed, including eight Turks and a Turkish American.

Israel says its soldiers opened fire only after they were mobbed by pro-Palestinian activists. The activists and their supporters say Israel's commandos began shooting unnecessarily.

[NormsRevenge]

Obama said the flotilla raid was a “tragedy” and that it’s important “that we get all the facts.”

“What we also know is that the situation in Gaza is unsustainable,” Obama said as Abbas sat alongside him in the Oval Office.

[drangundsturm]

Anything he doesn’t like he calls unsustainable. The only thing really unsustainable is his administration.

[Founding Father]

Amazing times when the president is an enemy of the United States.

[Genoa]

I know what's unsustainable: The travesty on Pennsylvania Avenue.

[skeeter]

“The only thing really unsustainable is his administration.”

[Lee'sGhost]

Must be “complicated”.

[Armaggedon]

Looks like Obama is bowing to Abbas and Islam. No room in the Inn for Israel.

[TexasCajun]

...but, but “It’s Complicated”.

[Mr. Jazzy]

Oh yeah. He knows ALL ABOUT those kinds of situations. As a matter of fact, he is an expert on creating those situations.

[Tarpon]

When you have a weird anti-American view of the situation, a view found in the minds of leftists around the world, then yes it might look unsustainable. But probably it’s nothing more than your own warped world view.

Sort of like how socialism and tyranny looks to Americans.

[NormsRevenge]

Maybe he can get Abbas to hire Helen Thomas to do PR for the Palestinians.

Oh, wait, she has been for how many years now? I lost track.

US President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. Obama said Wednesday he believed "significant progress" was possible in the Middle East peace process this year, adding the US was to unveil a huge aid package for the Palestinians. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)

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George Washington was right. It is best to avoid foreign entanglements and treat all with dignity... or sumthin'.

[mo]

I suspect the “situation” here at home is FAR more unsustainable than the 2000 years of Mid-East conflict between the Jews and Arabs. But this nitwit could’nt pour water out of a boot if there was instructions on the heel!!

[Flightdeck]

I didn’t realize US Government spending was also referred to as ‘the situation in the middle east’...

[zipper]

The only thing “unsustainable” is Iran’s drive to acquire nuclear weapons.

[NormsRevenge]

How many cars and trucks have been recalled by Gubamint Motors this month? ‘Splain that, Obama!

Major Fail, Reporting For Duty!

[DCPatriot]

Yeah Barry....you’re unsustainable too!

[RU88]

Your presidency is “unsustainable.”

[SMARTY]

‘unsustainable’ ??

What??? He learned a new word?

[edpc]

The number of times Obama has used the word "unsustainable" is unprecedented.

Oh, wait...........

His overuse of "unprecedented" is unsustainable.

No doubt, he had Sec State Clinton find my comments "unhelpful."