YA THINK? Walter Russell Mead: “None of President Obama’s big policies in the Middle East have worked out as he hoped. That whole ‘fix the peace process by pushing the Israelis’ thing turned out to be an unmitigated disaster. Coming into office, President Obama was sure he’d be able to straighten this out; he’s been the least effective president in terms of the Arab-Israeli relationship since Kissinger launched his shuttle diplomacy back in the Nixon administration and his ill-considered approach achieved the unusual result of angering both sides.” I believe we’re supposed to call this “smart diplomacy.”