Posted By Lambchop
President Obama during his address to AIPAC March, 2012: “Four years ago, I stood before you and said that, “Israel’s security is sacrosanct. It is non-negotiable.” That belief has guided my actions as President. The fact is, my administration’s commitment to Israel’s security has been unprecedented.”
From haaretz.com:
While the Obama’s lips say, “Yes, yes, yes!” his actions say “FOUR!”
The administration claims to support Israel during this election year yet declines Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request to meet during a UN conference in New York at the end of the month. An unnamed White Official said that there is no time in Obama’s schedule. Never mind the approaching deadlines of Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
This is a first of sorts – the first time Prime Minister Netanyahu will visit the U.S. without meeting with the president.
The request for the meeting comes on the heels of Netanyahu’s recent meltdown to reporters:
"The world tells Israel 'wait, there's still time'. And I say, 'Wait for what? Wait until when?' Those in the international community who refuse to put red lines before Iran don't have a moral right to place a red light before Israel," Netanyahu told reporters on Tuesday.
"Now if Iran knows that there is no red line. If Iran knows that there is no deadline, what will it do? Exactly what it's doing. It's continuing, without any interference, towards obtaining nuclear weapons capability and from there, nuclear bombs.”
The Obama Administration through U.S. Department of State spokeswoman Victoria Nuland responded: "We don't think it's particularly useful to have those conversations in public. It doesn't help the process and it doesn't help the integrity of the diplomacy. To be standing here at the podium parsing the details of the Iranian nuclear program is not helpful to getting where we want to go."
Amateurs.
It is amazing how Obama has time to frequent pizza joints, but he does not have time to meet with the Prime Minister of Israel regarding Iran's nuclear threat. That alone disqualifies him from serving as the President of the United States. Conflict in scheduling my ***.
Posted by: looellen | 09/12/2012 at 11:11 AM
It remains a mystery to me how American Jews vote Democratic en bloc year after year. Perhaps Jackie Mason is right....."Political Alzhiemers"
Posted by: German Shepherd | 09/11/2012 at 06:50 PM
Amateurs?!!!? I don't think so. They are pros at denial, avoidance, dissembling and posturing. Particularly posturing as a friend of Israel when in fact there are friendlier by far to Israel's enemies.
Posted by: David Severy | 09/11/2012 at 05:01 PM