predicament. it seems to me, it s actually pretty compelling, that if you can t get something consequential for pollard, why trade him? trade him for time. if you told me we re getting the fix to jerusalem borders, we re getting a framework agreement, i d be right there breaking open the champagne. if the president wants to let pollard go, let him release pollard on humanitarian grounds. served long enough, he s ill, let him do that. but don t conflate jonathan pollard s apples to peace process s oranges and undermine the morale of the peace process. if this makes it easier for prime minister netanyahu to make the kinds of concessions the palestinians want, the u.s. want, for domestic political reasons, because as you know pollard is a big issue over there in israel, a lot of israelis think he was betrayed by the israeli government itself. if this makes it easier for netanyahu to make those kinds of concessions, whether settlements or jerusalem or whatever, wouldn t that be worth it