In an interview with Jeffery Goldberg in the Atlantic Monthly, Obama has made some comments that simply offend and demonstrate his inexperience on foreign policy (the one area that he believes that he comprehends better than either Hillary Clinton or John McCain):

JG: Do you think that Israel is a drag on America’s reputation overseas?

BO: No, no, no. But what I think is that this constant wound, that this constant sore, does infect all of our foreign policy. The lack of a resolution to this problem provides an excuse for anti-American militant jihadists to engage in inexcusable actions, and so we have a national-security interest in solving this, and I also believe that Israel has a security interest in solving this because I believe that the status quo is unsustainable. I am absolutely convinced of that, and some of the tensions that might arise between me and some of the more hawkish elements in the Jewish community in the United States might stem from the fact that I’m not going to blindly adhere to whatever the most hawkish position is just because that’s the safest ground politically.

So Israel is not a drag on American foreign policy but Israel is a constant sore on American foreign policy? I think I’d rather be a drag than a constant sore. I am not the biggest fan of the Israeli government but I am a strong believer in the State of Israel. With comments like these, Obama will continue his support among the Jewish-American vote dwindle. He lost the Jewish vote in Pennsylvania and increasingly it appears that in crucial states like Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, comments like these are only going to erode his chances of carrying those states in the general election.