And though his speeches on the Middle East have been more critical of Israel than of the Palestinians—here his critics had a point—

Yes, much as Nazi apologists would "have a point" if they mentioned that the New York Times was more critical of the German occupation than they were of the French citizenry.

Kaplan argues at the end of his article that Freeman could have been used as a whipping boy for policies that they don't like. But that's a foolish argument, as Obama's craven collapse to the Israel lobby on this issue has proven that there will be no policies instituted which the Israel Lobby does not like.

Just another demonstration of the degree to which Zionism has a stranglehold on US foreign policy, for the benefit of a tiny minority and to the detriment of all Americans.