Palestinine's statehood bid in UN will show true stripes

I have no idea how much air time this is getting in the U.S. MSM (methinks not much at all), but it's incredibly significant historically.

It's not the least significant and accidental that Palestinians have taken this step under Pres. Obama, i.e. a Democratic administration: Palestinians have realized that political stripes in the U.S. don't matter, and they can't depend on a "liberal" U.S. president to represent them fairly. This is a move of desperation.

Certainly this motion will be carried by the majority of the UN, and vetoed by the U.S. More interestingly, who else will vote it down? Not all the countries secretly lobbying the Palestinians to abandon this vote in the UN, that's for sure -- their home populations won't stand for it.

There is enormous hypocrisy and grandstanding at work here. We can only praise the U.S. for maintaining a foolish, evil consistency in siding with Israel's opposition to the rest of the world, our "liberal" Democrat president notwithstanding.

Palestinians Seek To End Stalemate With U.N. Bid

by Sheera Frenel

September 14, 2011 | NPR

URL: http://n.pr/nB8DjB