Senator Obama seems to be engaging in the same type of moral relativism that is at the heart of the failure to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Jennifer Rubin, writing in Commentary Contentions, continues her masterful coverage of Barack Obama, noting this moral relativism. While this type of morality may be popular in the intellectual salons of Hyde Park, on the ground it has led to misery and murder. This moral relativism places blame equally on both sides of the conflict- a recipe for ruin, I will explain in a moment.She notes that Jordan's Kind Abdullah reportedly told Obama that "even-handed" policies by the U.S. would being about a more peaceful region. What did Obama say in return?His press conference on the topic of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict suggests he might not quibble with Abdullah. Obama's remarks are a tour de force of moral relativism. Not a harsh word about the murdered Israeli soldiers. But plenty of "context" and not a hint that he...(Read Full Post)