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Lion's Den: A rapid and harsh turn against Israel
2009-06-04
The much-anticipated meeting between Barack Obama and Binyamin Netanyahu on May 18 went off smoothly, if a bit tensely, as predicted. Everyone was on best behavior and the event excited so little attention that The New York Times reported it on page 12.

As expected, however, the gloves came off immediately thereafter, with a series of tough American demands, especially Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's insistence on May 27 that the Netanyahu government end residential building in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem.
Obama: Bare your neck to the blade.
This prompted a defiant response.
Bibi: No.
The governing coalition chairman pointed out the mistake of prior "American dictates," a minister compared Obama to pharaoh and the Government Press Office director cheekily mock-admired "the residents of Iroquois territory for assuming that they have a right to determine where Jews should live in Jerusalem."
Bibi (continues): How stupid do you want to make yourself look in front of your friends?
...EVEN IF one ignores the folly of focusing on Jerusalemites adding recreation rooms to their houses rather than Iranians adding centrifuges to their nuclear infrastructure and even if one overlooks the obvious counterproductivity of letting Abbas off the hook - the new US approach is doomed.
Bibi (continues): Merely stupid or really stupid? How cool will they think you are then?
...If Washington continues on its present course, the result may well be spectacular policy failure that manages both to weaken America's only strategic ally in the Middle East even as it worsens Arab-Israeli tensions.
I wouldn't bet on weaken
Posted by:g(r)omgoru

#12  1. It was old Patriot who made the comment.

2. Itwas tu3031 who redacted you.
Posted by: Pappy   2009-06-04 20:53  

#11  I thought so - so my apology stands
Posted by: Frank G   2009-06-04 20:46  

#10  Frank G:

My first comment was intended as a condemnation of Bammo and what many people refer to as the "peace process" in the Middle East.

My second comment was joke about the 2 pooplisted comments.

This is my 1,000th comment on Rantburg. It should be clear enough by now what my Weltanschauung is.
Posted by: Iblis   2009-06-04 20:24  

#9  Iblis... as an American Catholic, loving liberty and freedom, and not liking 'sploding meatbombs in public places, says FU. I support Israel, and the consolidation around Jerusalem to prevent another east/west Berlin. Arabs in Israel, if offered the option to relocate to a "Palestine" on either Gaza or the West Bank, would overwhelmingly vote with the silence of their curly-toed nikes. That says more than anything else about "Arab Solidarity" and uniform Paleo thought.

My apologies if I misunderstood your comment intent
Posted by: Frank G   2009-06-04 19:39  

#8  I, for one, welcome our new Mossad masters.
Posted by: Iblis   2009-06-04 16:57  

#7  First off, it wasn't Pappy, it was Old Patriot. And you're both gone. You both been around long enough to know the rules.
Posted by: tu3031   2009-06-04 15:32  

#6  Mossad has my vote, kill the bastard PLEASE,
(Let's see you ban this one pappy, especially as you said the exact same thing, first)
Posted by: Redneck jim   2009-06-04 15:09  

#5  Realistically, does Israel really need American cash to survive? Not prosper and expand, but to survive? I'm not saying, just asking.

Or would the cutting off of US cash just cause a flood of Arab chash into the Palestinian coffers.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2009-06-04 15:07  

#4  If Obambi keeps this sh$$ up, he might find himself getting whacked by the Mossad. Israel has ways of protecting itself from outside influence, even from the President of the United States. Carter didn't have much luck with Israel, either - not during his term of office, and not since. Today, he might as well be a muslim.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2009-06-04 14:13  

#3  We've never been more than a holocaust away from peace in the ME. Bammo is just the guy to make it happen.
Posted by: Iblis   2009-06-04 13:01  

#2  Judea and Sumaria belong to Israel. That was exchanged for Gush Katif. Anyone remember that? Ferris?
Posted by: newc   2009-06-04 12:32  

#1  PA, Egypt, Soodis have all said, essentially,

"that's a good start"

of course they will want much, much more before they give even the slightest bit in return
Posted by: Lord garth   2009-06-04 09:25  

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