Posted on 03/19/2015 7:19:56 AM PDT by Star Traveler
All aspects of relationship up for reevaluation; coming weeks critical as US waits to hear if PM will dial down anti-two-state, anti-Arab rhetoric.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration woke up Wednesday morning to a sobering new reality on the ground in Jerusalem – instead of a weakened or rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Washington will now face the return of “King Bibi.” The White House has to come to terms with a Netanyahu who, defying the predictions, has been shored up by a strong mandate for his rightward-turning campaign.
In the final days before the election, the Obama administration was on good behavior – both the State Department and the White House barely responded to campaign statements by Netanyahu that walked back his previous comments in support of a two-state agreement. They also abided not-very-veiled accusations of US meddling in an effort to undermine Netanyahu’s candidacy. But on Wednesday, the gloves came off.
In a set of coordinated messages, the White House and State Department launched their first barrage, mostly focusing on Netanyahu’s comments apparently repudiating his 2009 statements in support of a two-state solution.
The coming weeks will be critical for the short-term future of the relationship, at least until 2017. It seems that the Obama administration is waiting to see if Netanyahu’s campaign rhetoric will be backed up by a rightist coalition – but in the meantime has few reservations about giving an already teetering relationship a rope with which to hang itself.
The morning after the elections found US-Israel relations more shaky than ever before. The State Department made a few things clear. US Secretary of State John Kerry’s call to congratulate Netanyahu was perfunctory and chilly. The two did not talk policy at all, said spokeswoman Jen Psaki.
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Uh oh..look out Bibi..you are about to be audited, indicted or both!!!!!
Obama is a lame duck. Whey anyone cares what he thinks is beyond me.
They just suggested on FOX that the boy may be ready to go “unilateral” on us with Iran. The Muzzie dream of nuking Israel and the USA is appearing to be getting closer.
The talk is about Obammy not congratulating Bibi. I wish Bibi would tweet out a thankyou to Obammy for all of his help in getting his base out to vote. And, tweet an offer to sit down with the Iranian leaders and JohniwasinvietnamKerry, to hammer out a good nuclear arms deal.
Now, the Israelis can publicly acquiesce to any and everything DC suggests but continue to go their own way behind the scenes, maintaining a private unannounced divorce from ValJar.
There’s still the matter of...nearly 2 years of this regime remain.
Whatever agreement that Obama comes up with, that doesn’t have the approval of the Senate will not have any effect as a treaty. It will not last beyond Obama’s last day in office ... :-) ...
"...after the a$$ kicking you got a few days ago, gloves are the only thing you got left Big Ears"
He acts like a dictator, and can do a lot of damage since no one will stop him?
Well, one bad UN Security Council Resolution that Obama doesn’t block with the USA’s veto power can be permanently damaging to Israel. That’s why!
They just suggested on FOX that the boy may be ready to go “unilateral” on us with Iran. The Muzzie dream of nuking Israel and the USA is appearing to be getting closer.
Here’s a hint Hussein....you push it too far and Israel WILL protect itself. Even from you.
Israel has a much bigger head start of multi-platform deliverable nukes....stupid idea for IRAN to try.
Exactly who is stopping him from ruling by decree? He’ll be far more dangerous in the next two years than he was in the previous six.
The US has -- literally -- become the Great Satan.
A president of the United State of America has it within his granted powers to be quite damaging if he doesn’t have the USA’s best interests at heart. That president doesn’t have to step outside of his granted powers to be “damaging”.
And THAT is the reason why people have to make sure to elect the RIGHT KIND OF PRESIDENT and not one like Obama!
Obama is a lame duck. Whey anyone cares what he thinks is beyond me.
That “lame duck” is an evil SOB and he’s going to do a lot more damage.
Sigh. This will be a loooooooooooonnnnnnngggggggggg 22 Months.
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