Apartments of Mass Destruction?

I can't believe that the issue of apartment building on disputed land in the West Bank is creating a crisis in US-Israeli relations. Sure, it was rude to announce it during our vice president's visit, but come on.

I was going to blog on the bizarre contrast of anger at Israel on this issue with our outreach to Iran and Syria, but this author did it for me.

It's a wonder we still have any friends at all left.

UPDATE: For an administration that claims it is out to "repair" the damage that George W. Bush did to our alliances, it sure is working hard to make 2001 to 2008 look like a Golden Age of Allies. How many friends will we have when 2012 comes to a close?

But then, I've been complaining about this for more than a year now.