Hillary Clinton calls on Israel to freeze settlements. Good. I'm not one of those who thinks that Israel is solely responsible for the crisis there--this is hardly the case (though neither am I one who thinks that Israel is completely innocent in this struggle), and the settlements are an illegal and offensive display of raw power--sort of like Israel's version of Guantanamo Bay.
If Netanyahu were smart, he'd accept this and begin the process of dismantling the settlements. Unfortunately, Netanyahu is a dumb and short-sighted hack who is interested merely in holding and maintaining power. He has no vision and no guts. It took America much longer to breed leaders with his sort of cynicism.
