Arab Spring, which his boss drools over, has given Islamists control of the area nations with no checks and balances. Islam wants no peace with Israel - only death.
Panetta knows that very well, what he he really saying?
He is saying that Israel is surrounded by fire and HE is soaking Israel in gasoline to expedite the process.
Bingo. Panetta is really asking them to march into the gas chamber quietly.
Also, its quite revealing that you don’t hear Panetta saying anything about mending fences to Turkey or Egypt.
The current administration supports Israel’s enemies in each and every attack upon Israel. Panetta’s ‘lament’ is merely a backhand method of obfuscating the process by pretending to believe that Israel is somehow responsible for being attacked. A political masquerade.
Some day the people in the USA will wake up and see that an Arab Spring was not meant for just Africa and the middle east. It isn’t just a few governments to be replanted.