on small moments while ignoring the values chasm.

I particularly liked how Ross scolded Obama for not believing Bibi's retraction of his race-baiting and embrace of the one-state solution. Because that was so obviously sincere.

Ross is, and has always been, in the tank for Israel. His mindset is why the US has been 100% discredited in terms of its role in the I/P conflict.

Here's a lovely glimpse into his mindset:

Ross recounts that “almost immediately after the president completed his statement, I received a call from a senior Israeli official” who told him that Obama’s announcement that he would wait for congressional authorization for a strike was “a disaster – and particularly for those of us who say that we can count on the US.” The US ended up not launching strikes at all, but rather negotiating to turn over Assad’s stocks of chemical weapons. Israeli, Saudi and Emirati leaders all came to the conclusion, Ross says, that “the Obama administration was not reliable” and would not guarantee their safety when push came to shove.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/dennis-ross-book-portrays-an-obama-administration-bitterly-divided-on-israel/

Ross had a giant sad because Obama thought it was more important to listen to the American people than to listen to the fucking Saudis and Israelis.

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