OS is hip deep in work, and is checking in on Bebe's speech.
Lots of enthusiasm at first from the audience, but as he gets to the heart of the question--the right of Israel to exist, and the Arab intransigence on that question--OS sees more and more members of Congress only giving perfunctory applause, checking to see if the camera has pointed in their direction.
It is very plain to see, that along with Obama, many of those folks would love to see Israel thrown under the bus.
Why yes, it would be a tragedy you know, all those millions slaughtered, etc. etc. etc. but in the end perhaps it's for the best...(the mental wheels are turning...)
Can we get away with it? After all, Cambodia became a killing field and we're all still here and got away with it. All those boat people who decamped for Hong Kong, well, they're a distant memory. All those Eastern Europeans left to slavery by Roosevelt, well, it was necessary you know. The tide of history and all. All those millions of Chinese we sold off to Mao, well, it was unfortunate, but we get cheap iPads now, so it all comes out in the wash. All those Poles, Baltic peoples, the Armenians, well it's unfortunate but we just had to cut them loose.
Bebe isn't giving them the luxury of that line of thought. The stony faces make that evident. They want this over, and him to get the hell out of town.
Moh', latuh.
And, as a special grin for the day, the thought that President Teleprompter, for whom Truth does not exist, gets to follow this performance when he addresses the House of Commons in London.
Good luck with that, Barry!