Google “president disengaged” and 1,290,000 entries pop up. Okay, fair enough. Google is not the best way to take the measure of President Obama’s active engagement in the workings of the world. So note that today is the funeral of Maj. Gen. Harold Greene, USA, the highest-ranking American military officer killed in Afghanistan, and the first Major General killed in combat since 1970.The president will be in Martha’s Vineyard, not at Arlington Cemetery.  But the president did, in fact, get down in the weeds on one issue this week -- weapons for Israel and Israel’s relationship with the Pentagon. The White House was furious to discover after the fact that Israel used its normal channels with the Pentagon to arrange for access to certain weapons pre-positioned in Israel; no White House or State Department approval was needed. The Pentagon approved the request, and one DOD official noted, "The process for this transfer was followed precisely...(Read Full Post)