Barack, Hillary, and the Saudi Peace Plan

Philip Weiss comments on the London Sunday Times story about Obama throwing his weight behind the Saudi peace initiative that has been getting a lot of attention: "triangulating Jeffrey Goldberg and John Mearsheimer." If the story is correct (and I am somewhat skeptical), I think one has to see Rahm Emanuel and the possibility of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a whole new and different light - if anyone can whip the Arabs and Israelis into shape, it is these two. It's a delicate enough operation that it would force Hillary and Bill to be team players.

On the other hand, if Hillary doesn't agree with this agenda, it might be a big part of her reluctance to accept the job. And of course any perceived pressure on Israel would mean that donations to Bill's foundation from Arab royalty would become a punching bag for the neocon right.