It appears that President Obama and his cadre of progressive socialist democrats are highly incensed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was invited by House Speaker John Boehner to speak before a joint session of Congress without the prior knowledge and approval of either the White House or the State Department.
Netanyahu ‘spat in our face,’ White House officials said to say -- PM ‘will pay price’ for spat over Congress address; Obama said to have asked him to tone down pro-sanctions rhetoric; Wash. Post: Kerry’s enthusiasm for defending Israel may wane
The White House’s outrage over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to speak before Congress in March — a move he failed to coordinate with the administration — began to seep through the diplomatic cracks on Friday, with officials telling Haaretz the Israeli leader had “spat” in President Barack Obama’s face.
“We thought we’ve seen everything,” the newspaper quoted an unnamed senior US official as saying. “But Bibi managed to surprise even us. “There are things you simply don’t do. He spat in our face publicly and that’s no way to behave. Netanyahu ought to remember that President Obama has a year and a half left to his presidency, and that there will be a price,” he said.
Officials in Washington said that the “chickenshit” epithet — with which an anonymous administration official branded Netanyahu several months ago — was mild compared to the language used in the White House when news of Netanyahu’s planned speech came in.
In his address the Israeli leader is expected to speak about stalled US-led nuclear negotiations with Iran, and to urge lawmakers to slap Tehran with a new round of tougher sanctions in order to force it to comply with international demands.
Haaretz reported that Obama had personally demanded that Netanyahu tone down his pro-sanctions rhetoric in a phone call between the two last week. The president has said a sanctions bill would cripple negotiations with Iranian leaders at a critical stage, and has threatened to veto such a bill should it come through.
The Washington Post reported that Netanyahu’s apparent disrespect for the US leadership was particularly offensive to Secretary of State John Kerry, who over the past month had made frenzied efforts on Israel’s behalf on the world stage — making dozens of calls to world leaders to convince them to oppose a UN Security Council resolution which would have set a timeframe for the establishment of a Palestinian state. “The secretary’s patience is not infinite,” a source close to Kerry told the Post. “The bilateral relationship is unshakable. But playing politics with that relationship could blunt Secretary Kerry’s enthusiasm for being Israel’s primary defender.”
The White House said Thursday that Obama would not meet with Netanyahu when he travels to Washington, with a spokeswoman citing a “long-standing practice and principle” by which the president does not meet with heads of state or candidates in close proximity to their elections. Kerry will also not meet with Netanyahu.
Netanyahu will be in Washington in part for a March 3 address to a joint session of Congress. House Speaker John Boehner invited Netanyahu to speak to Congress without consulting the Obama administration.
There are open questions of President Obama’s loyalty to the United States and his support of radical Islamic issues.
President Obama appears to dislike the only major non-radical Islamic nation as well as its leader, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The first Muslim of a major Islamic nation who called upon his nation’s most powerful Imams and spoke of the need for a religious revolution. The same el-Sisi who, as a general, led the military coup d'état that overthrew the Muslim Brotherhood who was trying to implement Sharia law as the law of the land, dissolve Egypt’s Parliament, and establish their leader as a “president for life” dictator.
President Obama continues to preach “Islam as a religion of peace” although both historic and current events prove otherwise. Even to the extent that Obama has invented MINOs (Muslims In Name Only) to separate the Islamic extremists and terrorists from the “peaceful Muslims.” Continuing to avoid using the term Islamic terrorism.
The truth is apparent: there is a religious war (involving ethnic cleansing) between the majority Sunnis and the minority Shia going on as a backdrop to terrorism. And, it is the mainstream Muslims (practicing a form of strict Saudi Whabbism) that are the terrorists – with the radicals (from a Muslim perspective) trying to reform the religion and bring about peace.
Netanyahu is facing an existential threat from an enemy sworn to eradicate his nation and his people – and like those who did not accept Hitler’s words as being indicative of his intentions – is taking the Iranians at their word and preparing for the worst.
Given Obama’s and Kerry’s handling of Iran – relaxing sanctions for a phony agreement and political talking point, Netanyahu cannot trust President Obama’s word or his intentions. Especially given his failure to stand up to President Assad in Syria after he allegedly crossed Obama’s red line.
Bottom line …
The Narcissist-in-Chief, around whom the world revolves, looks like a petulant crybaby when he speaks of leadership in the presence of a real leader like Benjamin Netanyahu, a man with battlefield experience, demonstrated leadership skills and a love of his country. Valerie Jarrett, the puppet-master and the sycophantic advisers can tell Obama how fine his clothes look, but the rest of us – and the world – know he is standing there like a naked poseur.
Obama lies, with impunity, to the American people on a regular basis and his Administration cannot be trusted with the safety and security of America and Americans, let alone be expected to stand by Israel in a Muslim-dominated region.
Until proven otherwise, it is my opinion that there are only two kinds of Muslims, those who would behead you and the more peaceful ones who would merely applaud the beheading.
It is an awful feeling when you can’t trust your country’s leadership to tell the truth and do the right thing at the right time.
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