both on the domestic front (against the GOP Tea Party agenda) as well as in foreign relations (asserting leadership and providing direction on the Mideast conflict). This caving in does no one any good, and it only continues to keep the Palestinians and the Israelis enslaved by the status quo that serves neither. p_blogger_David A. Love: I enjoyed reading your analysis, and think you've made a Loading comments... Just as Hamas must restrain itself and not make things worse by launching rockets and murdering civilians, Israel must restrain its settlers and not make the whole thing worse. Yet expanding the settlements is definitely a provocative move - first, you're saying, "we're not negotiating for this land". Second, you're making uprooting the settlements - if a deal is reached - so much harder. Not one single Palestinian will be uprooted from Jerusalem. Neither the Bible nor the Torah was a mortgage deed. You will have to learn to live with them because they are not going away and they deserve to live there just as much as the jews. Loading comments... The timing of the First Couple's trip to India/Indonesia etc. to coincide with the Israeli PM's visit to the US for Federation Week.... is peculiar. To say the least. Next: The same comments from Joe Biden. Does'nt he realise these comments act as enablers to those building the Settlements? Perhaps Joe Biden like the Clinton's and Tony Blair, was co-opted a while ago?? Then: Gibbs' handling of Indian Security, so