The other day a liberal Zionist was quoted anonymously as saying that Obama needed to “grow a sack” with respect to the rightwing government in Israel. John McCarron in the Chicago Tribune says the same thing, at the beginning of a series of questions for Obama:
Why did you let Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu show you up during his recent visit to the U.S.? And why don’t you return the favor by saying some nice things about his political opponents in Israel — opponents who want to give peace a chance and stop grabbing Arab land on the West Bank?
You might be amazed at how many of your Jewish contributors would support you on this one. The others are already writing checks to the other guy.
In fairness to Obama, I believe that he has caved completely on the Palestinian question because Netanyahu has blackmailed him with the possibility of an attack on Iran. All of which argues for these matters to be politicized: for Americans to openly debate the power of the lobby inside our politics.
maybe it’s time for a u.s. president to blackmail israel
Beast never gets fed enough .
And why don’t you return the favor by saying some nice things about his political opponents in Israel — opponents who want to give peace a chance and stop grabbing Arab land on the West Bank?
Really? The Labor Party had their chance for years, and did absolutely nothing, except allow the settlements to grow. Shame on McCarron for perpetuating the notion that there’s a difference between Labor and Likud.
y’all know the arc:
idea or concept rejected out-of-hand as heresy … then it is fought bitterly and viciously … then, suddenly it seems totally obvious … we’re are in the third and final stage of round 2 … when the dawning comes the tide will turn momentously against the Likkud thinking and policies
“I believe that he has caved completely on the Palestinian question because Netanyahu has blackmailed him with the possibility of an attack on Iran.”
How can a midget blackmail a SUPERPOWER?
Is that possible?
Can the midget send his nukes out of the torpedo tubes of his new German submarines up the Hudson river?
And can the torpedoes fly?
Yes. Under and over water.
“Popeye Turbo SLCM – A suspected stretched version of the Popeye Turbo developed primarily for use as a submarine launched cruise missile (SLCM) was widely reported in a US Navy observed 2002 test in the Indian Ocean to have hit a target at 1500 km, it can allegedly carry a 200 kg nuclear warhead. It is suspected that the stretched Popeye Turbo is the primary strategic second strike nuclear deterrent weapon which can be fired from the 650mm secondary torpedo tubes of the Israeli Dolphin class submarines.[1] It is believed that the SLCM version of the Popeye was developed by Israel after the US Clinton administration refused an Israeli request in 2000 to purchase Tomahawk long range SLCM’s because of international MTCR proliferation rules.[2] While the standard Popeye is 533mm the Dolphin class submarines have four 650mm torpedo tubes in addition to the six standard 533mm tubes allowing for the possibility that a SLCM Popeye derivative may be a larger diameter.[3]”
Yes midgets can blackmail…..
David has won over Goliath again.