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John Boehner in Israel: ‘The world is on fire’
Politico ^ | 4/2/15 5:36 AM EDT | Jake Sherman

Posted on 04/02/2015 6:01:11 AM PDT by Dave346

In an exclusive interview, the House speaker offers a blistering critique of U.S. policy in the Mideast.

JERUSALEM — John Boehner thinks the “world is on fire.” And America isn’t doing nearly enough to stamp it out.

“I wouldn’t have believed that I would be involved in as much foreign policy as I am today,” Boehner said in his hotel near Jerusalem’s Old City. “And it certainly isn’t by choice. It’s just that the world is on fire. And I don’t think enough Americans or enough people in the administration understand how serious the problems that we’re facing in the world are.”

Indeed, with Iran talks faltering, the Middle East in a constant state of upheaval, and the relationship between Obama and Netanyahu at a low point, Boehner has emerged as an unlikely power center in U.S. foreign policy.

Sitting in his hotel suite on a chilly, gray day — after a lunch with Netanyahu in the prime minister’s office complex — the Republican leader said a six-country journey mostly across the Middle East has left him more worried than before. He said his theory that the U.S. doesn’t have a coherent foreign policy has been borne out. He’s concerned about the U.S.-led talks with Iran and has been most surprised by “the boldness of the Iranians” in exerting their influence throughout the region. The “trouble they’re causing,” he said, “raised my eyebrows.”

During his visit, Boehner traveled with the Israeli Defense Forces to see the “terror tunnels” near Gaza. He ate lunch with Netanyahu and met with the U.S. Ambassador Daniel Shapiro and the staff at the American consulate in Jerusalem. He also spent time with Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon in the brand new Waldorf Astoria, located around the corner from the U.S. Consulate.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; US: Ohio; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: boehner; bomb; iran; israel; jakesherman; johnboehner; nuclear; ohio; politico; speakerboehner; speakerjohnboehner; terror; war; waronterror; worldonfire
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1 posted on 04/02/2015 6:01:11 AM PDT by Dave346
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To: Dave346

What a waste of skin. He’s not going to do anything about it.


2 posted on 04/02/2015 6:06:16 AM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: Dave346

It’s the republican meme. Clearly. And it’s a really good one.

And they are right.


3 posted on 04/02/2015 6:06:42 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: Dave346

Remember though, he’ll still get teary eyed and let the Chamber of Commerce continue to use the taxpayer as its unlimited credit card. Because of ones like him, the giggling academy depicted in “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest” looks like a think tank compared to what DC is like nowadays.


4 posted on 04/02/2015 6:07:26 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("Keeping your stick down used to be a commandment, but not anymore" Harry Sinden, 1988)
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To: Dave346

Talk it to death. That’s the Congressional way.


5 posted on 04/02/2015 6:09:02 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: newgeezer

Newgeezer, do you see the irony here?


6 posted on 04/02/2015 6:09:28 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (Is a Republican who won't call Obama a Muslim worthy of your vote?)
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To: FoxInSocks

Boehner is putting on a big circus act and I stopped being a “sucker” for his P.T. Barnum show a long time ago.


7 posted on 04/02/2015 6:09:56 AM PDT by Nextrush (OBAMACARE IS A BAILOUT FOR THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY)
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To: FoxInSocks
Question: Will Boehner’s Israel trip result in him showing some spine or guts when it comes to what Zer0 and Kerry are doing? Or, will Boehner go back to being the sniveling, clueless, useless hack he's been since the 2010 off-year election? My guess is the latter of the two choices. Boehner couldn't lead a bunch of randy gay males through Barry's Chicago bath house with a roll of $1,000 bills and a wallet full of credit cards.
8 posted on 04/02/2015 6:16:02 AM PDT by MasterGunner01
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To: Dave346
Didn't he get, "The world is on fire" statement from Ted Cruz?

Why yes, yes he did.

9 posted on 04/02/2015 6:18:47 AM PDT by CAluvdubya (<------- has now left CA for NV, where God and guns have not been outlawed! "The Miracle of America")
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To: Dave346

15 seconds to a bomb shelter leads to some interesting naked flee for lives scenarios

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTyJnl9BPkQ


10 posted on 04/02/2015 6:20:39 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Dave346

No John, the whole world is not on fire. Just the part where the moronic camel humping muzzies live.


11 posted on 04/02/2015 6:23:40 AM PDT by biff (Et Tu Boeh-ner)
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To: Dave346

Words from bonehead mean nothing.


12 posted on 04/02/2015 6:32:33 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: biff; Dave346
No John, the whole world is not on fire. Just the part where the moronic camel humping muzzies live.


13 posted on 04/02/2015 6:37:32 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: CAluvdubya

There he goes again . . . . scaring little 3 year old kids.


14 posted on 04/02/2015 6:49:58 AM PDT by Auslander154
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To: DungeonMaster
do you see the irony here?

You mean, other than Boehner always being one of the primary enablers, willingly selling (or giving) gasoline to the pyromaniac in the White House?

15 posted on 04/02/2015 7:07:51 AM PDT by newgeezer (It is [the people's] right and duty to be at all times armed. --Thomas Jefferson, 1824)
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To: Dave346

What a tenuous grasp of the obvious.


16 posted on 04/02/2015 7:14:32 AM PDT by Steamburg (Other people's money is the only language a politician respects)
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To: newgeezer
You mean, other than Boehner always being one of the primary enablers, willingly selling (or giving) gasoline to the pyromaniac in the White House?

No, that Boehner is apologizing for America now.

17 posted on 04/02/2015 7:14:33 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (Is a Republican who won't call Obama a Muslim worthy of your vote?)
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To: Dave346

I’ve been saying so on this site for more than a year. Look at my tagline.


18 posted on 04/02/2015 7:32:10 AM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (Hey Obama! Wake up and piss! The World's on FIRE!)
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To: DungeonMaster
Boehner is apologizing for America now.

Apologizing for all the nincompoops who re-elected the foreign-policy disaster of the executive branch?

Well, yeah, someone probably should. Otherwise, our allies might begin to wonder if the new American way really is all just appeasement and hand-wringing.

19 posted on 04/02/2015 7:38:28 AM PDT by newgeezer (It is [the people's] right and duty to be at all times armed. --Thomas Jefferson, 1824)
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To: Dave346
>I>world is on fire.” And America isn’t doing nearly enough to stamp it out.

Mmmm, no president, no money and no more American lives to save muslims who want America dead and gone. What's the real reason the Bonehead is out of the country?

20 posted on 04/02/2015 7:41:40 AM PDT by drypowder
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