That's the provocative title of Mitt Romney's new op-ed in the National Review.
He blasts the Obama Administration for flirting with the idea of calling Israeli settlements "illegitimate", and ties it to the past two years of middle-eastern policy.
Argument 1: Israel might be forced to withdraw and isolate.
The U.N. condemnation put forward by the president puts Israel, our closest ally in the region, in an untenable position.... Isolated more than ever in the region, Israel must now contend with the fact that its principal backer in the world, the United States, is seeking to ingratiate itself with Arab opinion at its expense.
Argument 2: The POTUS is implicitly endorsing moral equivalence.
The harm wrought by the Obama administration’s diplomatic decisionmaking is doubly driven home by the fact that it is taking place in that chamber of double-standards, the United Nations.... the Obama administration is abysmally remiss in departing from our proud tradition of standing by a democratic ally when the world’s most unsavory regimes gang up on it.
Argument 3: The POTUS is late to the party on democracy abroad.
For its first two years, the Obama administration downplayed the importance of promoting democracy around the world. Reflexively shunning the foreign-policy approach of its predecessor, it sought to engage adversaries like Iran and North Korea, coddle autocratic allies, and distance itself from democratic friends.
.... one step forward, two steps backward. President Obama’s decision to lean hard on Israel has the U.S. once again currying favor with dictators and distancing itself from democrats.
