Should Obama be given the benefit of the doubt?

Old friend Richard Cohen seems to be losing patience with the Obumbler. For instance, it's not clear that Obama is appalled by China's appalling human rights record. He seems hardly stirred about continued repression in Russia. He treats the Israelis and their various enemies as pests of equal moral standing. The president seems to stand foursquare for nothing much.This, of course, is the Obama