  PRUDEN: The ill wind blowing past Benghazi   It's an ill wind
that blows nobody good, and that evil wind from the Middle East
comes just when Barack Obama needs a distraction most. Just when
the mainstream media finally discovers the deadly screw-up in
Benghazi and can no longer avoid talking and writing about it,
the Palestinians fire volleys of rockets reaching Tel Aviv.
The president was just being friendly, but she doesn't look as
if she's enjoying herself. (Can't the U.S. government afford a
protocol officer to explain to the president that Asians are
generally not fans of the American obsession with hugging and
slobbering over everyone in sight on first meeting?)  Mr. Obama
got wrong the name of the new reformer president, Thien Sein,
calling him "President Sein," instead of "President Thien." The
Burmese describe this as "a slightly affectionate reference"
that likely made his hosts cringe. This was not as bad as Jimmy
Carter's infamous invitation to a welcoming crowd in Poland to
share a sexual ad