pa rocks the un

however much hillary or susan rice might whine, and however much perry and bachmann - with their intensely bizarre fundamentalist support for israel (fundamentalist among other things in being unquestioning) - might snipe, the palestinian approach of applying for recognition as a state in the un has been quite the little stroke of genius. it gives a huge dose of publicity to their situation. it gives them actual negotiating leverage, and you'd have to think that obama is up there today making offers. and it shows the basic non-existence of us support of palestinian statehood: we're good with it as long as it remains a vague hope for the distant future. all in all, a tactical coup.