Good ‘Ol Hermy has come under fire recently for his comments on Fox News about the Palestinian “Right of Return”. For those of you unfamiliar with the concept, it basically means that the Palestinians or others who were displaced during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war have the right to reclaim residence in the State of Israel, something which Israel vehemently opposes and something Hamas wants as a part of negotiations with Israel. Video of awkward moment below:

Notice the awesome pause in the middle? It’s not because he has no idea what he was talking about. That would be the cynical liberal in me. But then he came out and said exactly that. Sometimes being right is just too good.

I have to go with Jim Geraghty’s take on the whole Cain-cluelessness situation:

All Cain’s comment did was reveal that he hasn’t given more than a moment’s thought to what the Palestinians — you know, the folks who elected Hamas to run their government and who danced on 9/11 — are demanding.

Ok… well, maybe not his whole take.

I suppose that if you cling to the idea that only thing holding back peace in our time is a sufficient number of White House all-nighters on creative cartography, then yes, you would want a president familiar with “right of return” and the whole cavalcade of Palestinian demands. If you think the root of the problem is a culture that celebrates suicide bombers more than doctors and entrepreneurs, then this looks like small potatoes; all the presidential familiarity in the world with the “right of return” argument won’t make much difference.

*Sigh*