President Obama is keeping the pressure on Israeli
Prime Minister Netanyahu as the wingnut hero is backpedaling away
from his previously tough talk.
The White House is escalating its feud with reelected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, suggesting the United States might make a significant change in its stance at the United Nations.….“I think they’re trying to send a very specific and tough message to Prime Minister Netanyahu, which is, ‘We’ve paid attention to the words you’ve used during the campaign and if they are in fact going to be your policy, they will have an impact on our relationship,'” said Daniel Kurtzer, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel under George W. Bush who is now a professor of Middle Eastern policy studies at Princeton University.“It’s a shot across the bow,” added Kurtzer, who said the White House’s warnings “should be taken quite seriously.”
President Obama’s message to Netanyahu is that he is
representing the junior partner in the U.S./Israel relationship. The
White House isn’t going to let Netanyahu off of the hook so easily. The
Israeli Prime Minister gave Obama the opening he needed with his
desperate 12th hour pandering opposition to the two-state solution.
Netanyahu can try to walk back his words in as many interviews as he
wants, but there have to be some in the White House who is still angry
over his speech to Congress.
As the White House has made clear over the last few
days, they aren’t to let Netanyahu disrespect them anymore. The next
Republican act of sabotage will be John Boehner’s visit to Israel that
is scheduled for the same time as when the agreement on Iran’s nuclear
deal is expected to be announced. Netanyahu needs the U.S. for both aid
and to have his back in the UN.
Conservative
hero Netanyahu quickly backtracked when the White House asserted their
power. Netanyahu is going to pay for his disrespect, and the White House
isn’t about to let the Israeli Prime Minister off easy.
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