Obama Cops To Some Limitations

He isn't Jesus Christ. He cannot cure the scrofular. And, one year on, even he admits he wasn't able to just swan into the joint and, through sheer force of personality (and because he happened to have an Arab middle name) "solve" that pesky Israel/Palestinian situation. From Reuters (H/T EY):

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said in an interview published on Thursday he had underestimated the difficulty of resolving the Middle East conflict and had set his expectations too high in his first year.

"The Middle East peace process has not moved forward. And I think it's fair to say for all our efforts at early engagement, is not where I want it to be," Obama told Time Magazine.

"This is just really hard ... This is as intractable a problem as you get," the president said.

"... if we had anticipated some of these political problems on both sides earlier, we might not have raised expectations as high", he added...

If you had half a clue that it's the jihad, dad, you'd be...a Republican.

I think that eminent American sage, Homer Simpson, nailed it when he said: "You tried your best and failed miserably. The lesson is--never try."