- A child, told he is 'special' from birth, always held to lesser standards, protected from responsibility by nervous parents, becoming hypersensitive and whiny at every turn;
- In the 'tween' years, moving to a permanent petulance, a consistent sense of exception, confident only in his sense of entitlement;
- Finally, as a young man, he is permanently ruined. Driving the newest and most expensive convertible his Father can find, breaking every traffic rule, showing early but clear signs of paranoia whenever he is questioned, incapable of seeing that the perpetual faults he finds in others could ever be mirrored in himself. Whatever he does is perfectly defensible; that same act done to him is unforgivable.
But this individual also exists within the family of nations.
His name is Israel.
Equipped by his sugar-daddy America with everything from the highest level intelligence to nuclear weapons, he sees danger only in the popguns of neighbors. Ignorant of the unlockable tendrils of original blame, he is confident that his aggression must be justified--certainly, somewhere in the mists of history, the other guy hit first. Every one of his people is good. Every one of those across the border, even those children cowering in United Nations schools, is free game. For they are bad.
Every U.S. President in modern times has walked into the Oval Office promising to bring peace to the middle east. Perhaps some even believed it. And this will be particularly difficult for Barack Obama, whose name alone continues to arouse suspicion among the most rabid and tone deaf supporters of Israel.
This is the unneeded crisis thrust into the middle of a global economic meltdown. It is one that must be dealt with quickly and forcefully. But it will require that this spoiled Israel, this emotional cauldron of paranoia and self-righteousness, is finally taken to task.
Is Obama the one to administer tough love?
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