The Rats Are Fleeing The Sinking Ship As Israel Says Boehner Lied About Netanyahu Speech

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27. Israeli official blames John Boehner for Netanyahu speech screw-up

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/06/1362786/-Israeli-official-blames-John-Boehner-for-Netanyahu-speech-screw-up


A senior Israeli official suggested on Friday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been misled into thinking an invitation to address the U.S. Congress on Iran next month was fully supported by the Democrats. [...]

"It appears that the speaker of Congress made a move, in which we trusted, but which it ultimately became clear was a one sided move and not a move by both sides," Deputy Israeli Foreign Minister Tzachi Hanegbi told 102 FM Tel Aviv Radio on Friday.

Rep. John Boehner's office misleading someone? Say it ain't so.

Acknowledging that Democrats had been "pained" by the invitation, Hanegbi said Netanyahu and Israeli emissaries were making "a huge effort to make clear to them that this is not a move that flouts the president of the United States".

We just agreed to go around the standard protocol for these things because Boehner told us we were throwing a surprise party for the president and we didn't want to spoil the surprise. So ... surprise!

You know, I'm not sure I'd put a lot of faith in the competence of any foreign diplomat that trusts John Boehner not to make them look bad. I'm just saying. It doesn't show a lot of knowledge of the country they're diplomating in.