First, we had two instances of the Obama team excluding Israel in a very crude and clear way from a list of nations that have suffered terrorism and that have extended aid to Haiti after its severe earthquake. From Martin Peretz, emeritus editor of the New Republic and a former big supporter turned big critic of Barack Obama I wish it would be historically possible-that is, historically honest-for Israel to be omitted from the long list of target countries that have been the victims of terrorism. Alas, it is not. But President Obama has a habit of making such lists, and he always fails to include Israel (or anyplace within its borders) as a target of this distinctive and most vicious form of warfare.  The omission is surely deliberate. Here's the latest one, linking 9/11 to terror elsewhere, from The New York Times, August 29, 2011: As we commemorate the citizens of over 90 countries who perished in the 9/11 attacks, we honor all victims of terrorism, in every...(Read Full Post)