“Obama has the strong hand and the options. Netanyahu has the weak hand and fewer options” where oh where did anyone get this idea.
“Netanyahu has the weak hand and fewer options.”
No he doesn’t. Because of Israel’s superior Intel, he has to know all of Obama’s secrets.
Bibi can spill that in a nanosecond, and Obama will be walking out the White House door with suitcases in hand.
It is well past time for the US to reign in Israel and say no to the illegal settlements. It has long been clear that Israel’s agressive occupation of lands outside its 1948 borders was wrong and illegal. While it may have suited US interests to wink at the illegal occupation, settlements, and oppression of Arabs and Palestinians in the past, it is no longer the case. As much as I dislike Obama, it is likely he’ll get credit for stopping Israel, forcing an end to settlements, hopefully forcing their evacuation, and pushing Israel back into its 1948 borders. Long overdue. Too much blood has been spilled, including American blood at the hands of our so-called democratic ally Israel. They are just another thorn in our foreign policy challenges. Credit to Obama if he can solve it.
BTW, I am greatly offended by Americans going to Israel and bad mouthing the US. That they are Jewish and apparently hold dual-Israeli citizenship is no license to diss the US while overseas. We criticize others, especially liberals when they do it. Same to should apply to these folks. They should be scorned and marked for their near-treasonous behavior.