WASHINGTON — Obama the Humble declares there will be no more „dictating“ to other countries. We should „forge partnerships as opposed to simply dictating solutions,“ he told the G-20 summit. In Middle East negotiations, he told al-Arabiya, America will henceforth „start by listening, because all too often the United States starts by dictating.“
An admirable sentiment. It applies to everyone — Iran, Russia, Cuba, Syria, even Venezuela. Except Israel. Israel is ordered to freeze all settlement activity. As Secretary of State Clinton imperiously explained the diktat: „a stop to settlements — not some settlements, not outposts, not natural-growth exceptions.„