BtB's Question of the Day

 

Can Obama visit Jerusalem without acknowledging that it's the capital of the Jewish state of Israel?

 

 Photos Copyright Thorney Lieberman (Thou shalt not steal) 

This could get interesting. Keep your eyes on The Won's palace guards in the press; they will doubtless receive advance instruction from one of his Millionaires.

 

Comments

[Mannie Sherberg]

Great question! Who knows what pearls of wisdom will drop from the mouth of the Serpentine Spellbinder? My guess is that he probably will give a speech in Jerusalem without ever mentioning that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. It's not difficult: he can say something as simple as "It's great to be here in Jerusalem" -- and let it go at that. Or he can avoid mention of Jerusalem entirely -- and refer only to "the Holy Land" or "this land sacred to three faiths" or something equally anodyne -- and then go on to whatever else he wants to say. That's what serpentine speechifiers do all the time: they snake their way around controversial subjects by falling back on rhetorical stupefacients.

[Elan]

I just hope that at the end of the press conference in Jerusalem, a reporter (picture someone looking somewhat like Peter Falk) says: "Mr. President, just one more thing: what country are we in right now?"