The Grown Ups Are In Charge Now

I have to say that I am both surprised and heartened by the even handed approach President Obama took today on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. When he first started speaking on the subject I thought he was going to simply recite the stale rhetoric of the United States standing with Israel. But the money quote came at about 10:10

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"As part of a lasting ceasefire Gaza's border crossing should be opened to allow the flow of aid and commerce with an approrpriate monitoring regime with the international and Palestinian Authority participating."


If there is to be peace in that region both sides have to participate and the way for that to happen is for our nation to nudge both sides along. That President Obama is willing to state that openly shows that he is truly committed to getting the job done. And that is just another instance of change I can believe in!