Tuesday is think day at the old homestead and today’s (May 20) Post-Dispatch gave an early morning heads up.  Columnist David Broder wrote “Obama: a realist’s approach to foreign policy,” an insightful analysis on liberal diplomacy.
 
He quotes the probable Democratic nominee, “America needs a foreign policy that looks at the root causes of problems and dangers.”  Obama compared Hezbollah to Hamas.  Both need to be compelled to understand that “they’re going down a blind alley with violence that weakens their legitimate claims.”

Needless to say, George Bush has waved a dismissive hand at any “legitimate claim” notion.  It might help if he had a dose of that Obama realism but he was operating under the impression that their primary legitimate claim was that Israel should not be allowed to exist. Of secondary importance was the unfair way that Israeli targets kept moving in order to embarrass Arab rocketry experts. 

Oh well, when liberal diplomacy grabs these genocidal madmen by their most sensitive appendages, they will certainly fall into a deep, submissive funk and return to passive grumbling and grousing at the local Whist and Dominoes parlors. 

Don Hart

Maryland  Heights