Since the mainstream media are bound to cherry-pick only those Obama comments that will please the Palestinians and ignore or downplay those apt to please Israel, let's look ourselves at all of Obama's remarks -- the good and the bad.In an obvious attempt to preempt Netanyahu's agenda in D.C., Obama urged Israel to jettison the status quo and make "bold moves toward peace."  Bibi obviously is not in a mood for "bold" strokes when Hamas is on the ascendancy.Obama also was bound to send some tremors through Israel by calling for borders of a Palestinian state "based on 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps."  This fairly closely approximates Mahmoud Abbas's agenda and, in an important sense, diminishes the importance of negotiations.  Why negotiate borders when they're already determined by the president of the United States?But while tomorrow's headlines will blare news of Obama endorsing the 1967 lines...(Read Full Post)