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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAdelson: Obama's moves liable to bring the destruction of Israel
Is it causation or correlation that just as Romney is looking for some sort of game changer, Netanyahu loudly demands a meeting with the President prior to the election (to once again publicly bitch about Obama's refusal to bomb Iran right now), then just as loudly raises a big stink when President Obama refuses to act as a neocon prop for Adelson's puppet. Netanyahu. Adelson almost makes Rupert Murdoch look tame given his direct willingness to lean on both Netanyahu and various Republican presidential candidates to promote his private foreign policy goals.
http://972mag.com/adelson-obamas-moves-liable-to-bring-the-destruction-of-israel/
Unlike the confrontation between the White House and Jerusalem over the settlements during the administrations first year, I think that the current rift has more to do with tones and personal mistrust than actual policy differences. More than anything, it seems that President Obamas Middle East speech was meant to help Israel avoid isolation at the UN, but Netanyahu overreacted, and later decided to play tough, mainly for political reasons. As I wrote yesterday, it worked out for him quite well.
What do people around the prime minister really think of Obama? A good example was given just before Netanyahus visit to the United States, in a phone interview Jewish Weeks Gary Rosenblatt conducted with Gambling Billionaire Sheldon Adelson.
Apart from being a personal friend of the Netanyahus, Adelson is the publisher of the pro-Netanyahu tabloid Israel Hayom (Israel Today), currently the most widely read paper in Israel (speculations held that the paper was started by Adelson to help Netanyahu personally). Many of Netanyahus men were on Adelsons payroll until recently: The head of the Prime Ministers Office, Nathan Eshel, was a deputy manager at Israel Hayom before joining the Neyanyahu campaign; former National Security Advisor Uzi Arad was part of the Adelson Institute for Strategic Research; the current NSA, Yaakov Amidror, was a pundit for Israel Hayom; the ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, was a fellow at Adelsons conservative think-tank, the Shalem Center.
And what does Adelson think of Obama? Here it goes:
Any of the Republican hopefuls are going to be 180 degrees different from President Obama in terms of whats good for this country and for Israel, Adelson said, adding that Obama is the worst president for Israel.
All the steps hes taken against the state of Israel are liable to bring about the destruction of the state, he asserted.
mucifer
(23,542 posts)bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)And that means no criticism of the president should be tolerated.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)he is beyond awful.
Autumn
(45,070 posts)Israel don't count. Obama is a damn good President for the United States, and that's what counts, so suck on that asshole.
part man all 86
(367 posts)nanabugg
(2,198 posts)and know when to fold 'em. Know when to walk away, know when to stay."
B Calm
(28,762 posts)SunsetDreams
(8,571 posts)ProSense
(116,464 posts)http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/09/11/825851/romney-adelson-taxes-billionaire/
Raster
(20,998 posts)...Adelson's $100,000,000 "investment" in electing Rmoney could potentially save Adelson $11.1 billion (including savings on inheritance tax), a 10,000% return on his "investment."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101757143
ProfessionalLeftist
(4,982 posts)Just asking. And if he's not ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE, then why is he being held up as any voice that matters? Yes I know he bought Mittens. Mittens is his personal little RepubliPuppet. I know he's a rich bastard with more money than brains. Obviously. But really, WHO CARES what HE thinks? Obama oughtta continue to do what he did - blow the guy off and do what HE as President thinks is best re: Israel.
Personally I think the U.S. ought to let Israel and the Adelsons and the Netanyahus fight their own damn battles and stay out of it for once. So some rich asshole wants the President to bring its military power - at taxpayer expense, to his bidding? Again?
NO! HELL NO!