TheDC Analysis: Three takeaways from Obama admin’s willingness to support Israel condemnation at the United Nations

Takeaway No. 3: Obama fiddles with inconsequential resolution while the Middle East burns

Finally, what is perhaps most stunning of all is the wasted time and energy the Obama administration expended on this issue when the Middle East was burning. While revolutions are upending the old order in the Middle East, President Obama and his administration spent an outlandish amount of time negotiating a resolution that was totally meaningless in practice.

According to a report, Obama himself apparently took 50 minutes out of his schedule to pressure Palestinian Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to support the American compromise position. And if Obama gave up 50 minutes of his time, that means Hillary Clinton and other top foreign policy officials likely wasted precious hours on the matter — and it was not like there weren’t more important issues to deal with. What’s more, despite Obama expending personal capital on something of so little consequence, he couldn’t even persuade the Palestinians to come around to the American position!

Forget a 3:00 a.m. call, Obama can’t even seem to handle a 3:00 p.m. call. It’s time for the administration to get its foreign policy act together.