The Obama-netanyahu Summit

Written by David Frum on Sunday May 24, 2009

is the topic of my column this weekend in the National Post:

Well that was a productive meeting!

In the Oval Office alongside Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Obama promised that he will spend the next year trying to reach a deal with Iran about nuclear weapons. If (surprise, surprise) negotiations go nowhere, at that point the President promises he will think very seriously about what to do next.

A year of talks followed by a promise to think about what to do next if talks fail: Does presidential decision-making get tougher than that?

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