“Don’t hold it against him that he is a graduate of Columbia and Princeton.”

It is safe to normally assume that a soft science graduate from Columbia or Princeton is an overrated mediocrity. This is especially true if they obtained their degrees after 1975 when grade inflation became the norm. These graduates should be considered idiots until proven otherwise. That is a safe bet to place in Las Vegas. Nonetheless, there are numerous exceptions—and Michael Oren is one of them. I own and have read both of his books. He is most assuredly a top notch and insightful scholar.

Ambassador Oren needs to cease trusting the judgment of Americans deeply committed to the Democratic Party. These people are not consciously lying to him. No, they have simply invested heavily in other agendas. It behooves them to therefore pretend Obama’s policies are not dangerous to Israel. I am thinking particularly of the delusional Marty Peretz and Alan Dershowitz. At the end of the day, they will find any bizarre excuse to continue supporting the Democrats.