Dear Mr. Netanyahu, Please Don't Speak to My President That Way

[kpete]

Dear Mr. Netanyahu, Please Don't Speak to My President That Way
By Jeffrey Goldberg


So Netanyahu "expects" to hear this from the President of the United States? And if President Obama doesn't walk back the speech, what will Netanyahu do? Will he cut off Israeli military aid to the U.S.? Will he cease to fight for the U.S. in the United Nations, and in the many international forums that treat Israel as a pariah?

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(Netanyahu's response) was not appropriate, and more to the point, it was not tactically wise: If I'm waking up this morning feeling that the Israeli prime minister is disrespecting the President of my country, imagine how other Americans might be feeling. And, then, of course, there's this: Prime Minister Netanyahu needs the support of President Obama in order to confront the greatest danger Israel has ever faced: the potential of a nuclear-armed Iran. And yet he seems to go out of his way to alienate the President. Why does he do this? It's a mystery to me.


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MORE: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/05/dear-mr-netanyahu-please-dont-speak-to-my-president-that-way/239199/

[CelticThunder]

1. Why? Because he can. What's Obama gonna do about it? Cut off aid? Stop supporting it in the U.N.?

[JTFrog]

2. K&R!

[hlthe2b]

3. Netanyahu is boistered by the big talking US Neocons...

Fools strongly attract.... I really would love to know were we are on the "fed up" scale with Israel. I know there won't be an unbiased poll conducted anytime soon, but I do believe the intransigent Likudists in Israel and the bullying US neocons may be pushing American opinion in a direction they won't find favorable--when they really test the support.

[LiberalLoner]

5. I also worry that N. is dealing with the Neocons expecting them to

return to power soon. What I expect is that they are telling him, "we will return to rule soon, those D's were just a temporary blip, don't worry, next election we take back the Senate and Presidency forever. So advance our agenda - make Obama look bad to AIPAC - and we got your back as soon as we return to power."

[hlthe2b]

6. Yes... I agree...

traitorous bastards... :eyes:

[Enrique]

4. the dems should play the patriotism card against conservatives

Netanyahu gets away with tons of unquestionably disrespectful behavior, and the conservatives respond by cheering him on. That's one of the reasons for their "birther" strategy, and the whole strategy that paints Obama as an "other". It means he really doesn't count as the U.S. president and that therefore Netanyahu can disrespect him and it's ok.

Of course the dems can't bring up the issue because that would be seen as anti-Israel.

[dennis4868]

7. Netanyahu can go fuck himself....