Over the line- and into the abyss

While campaigns have been mean and dirty for years, and maybe since the very first campaign, it has always been an unwritten rule (hell, maybe written) that foreign policy while it is happening is off-limits to all campaigns, including the incumbent that is taking the action. Maybe it started with Libya, where Tea Party candidates jumped in while actions were taking place. But in Gov. Perry's attack on the President 's stand on Israel today while the UN starts a session and gets ready to debate the question of a Palestinian state, he went over the line. On top of this, he has an Israeli official with him while he gives his briefing. Governor, you brought in a foreign official, had him stand behind you,  and brought him into a domestic political situation? It doesn't matter that you are wrong about the Obama Administration's stance on the Palestinian state. They have already said that they would be the lone veto in the Security Council if that's what it took to ensure that there wouldn't be a Palestinian state through a UN mandate. I would say that the Obama Administration is Israel's best friend in the world, but on this, they may be the only friend Israel has. Even if you were right, in bringing the campaign into a foreign policy situation, and added foreign officials, you didn't just step over the line, you jumped right into the abyss.