Here's David Rothkopf endorsing candidacy of his quondam college roommate Michael Oren to be Israeli ambassador to the United States. Notice how Rothkopf says Obama and Netanyahu must work "together." Maybe they shouldn't work together? Maybe Obama should reject Netanyahu's colonization project? Rothkopf:
Oren offers a set of skills
that seem particularly suited to the Netanyahu government's needs in the United
States over the months and years ahead. Having spent the first 22 years of his life
living in the United States, Michael is extraordinarily well-suited to
communicating effectively with American audiences, something that he regularly
and successfully does through the media and speaking engagements around the
country. In fact, no Israeli diplomat since Netanyahu himself has had
communications gifts more attuned to reaching and reasoning with American
audiences than Michael would. Certainly, no other candidate among those being
considered for the job would bring such talents or skills to the job and that
may ultimately prove crucial as together Netanyahu and Obama seek to establish
the kind of sustainable U.S.-Israeli relationship that will be essential to
advancing the interests of both countries in the region. It is hard to imagine
any candidate for the job would better represent the interests of Netanyahu or
Israel or would offer greater potential for a successful working relationship
with the Obama Administration, the Congress or Americans at large.
