Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu did their thing, and even the fearsome elite punditry isn’t sure if Obama ended up “being the sucker” (Martin Indyk), or if Netanyahu was “outmaneuvered” by the President (David Ignatius).

To me, Obama’s attempt at a new and ambitious peace plan seems demonstrative of the validity of Jacob Weisberg’s judgment the other day: Obama “shows signs of suffering from the arrogance that often accompanies brilliance. It’s unlikely, for instance, that Obama can function as his own grand strategy guru on foreign policy. But he doesn’t seem inclined to give that job to anyone else.”

Yesterday, John Hannah pointedly criticized Obama’s Iran strategy, by saying that “given the history of tyrannical Middle Eastern regimes seeking nuclear arms, we must also acknowledge that the Obama strategy reflects the triumph of hope over experience.” Today we can say a similar thing about his rumored plan for Middle East quick fixes.