In Praise of Benjamin Netanyahu

PJ Media ^ | 30 sep 2014 | Roger Simon

[Rummyfan]

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This man, whatever his failings, is better able to articulate the global situation than any political leader currently in a position of power in any country by yards. In fact, virtually no one else is even attempting to do it. (Tony Blair did for a while before he turned, but he’s not in Bibi’s league.) Netanyahu may not be Churchill when it comes to courage, but he is Churchill, or close, when it comes to a precise mastery of the English language, ironic since he is the prime minister of a Hebrew-speaking nation. He is able to tell the truth about the important issues, when all others, including, notably, our president and secretary of State, are prevaricating or spinning, trying desperately not to offend the reprehensible, and he did it again the other day at the United Nations. (Full text here.) He told the truth about radical Islam to a half empty house whose Moslem delegates had left and whose remaining attendees sat there terrified of agreeing publicly with the Israeli prime minister lest some imam or dopey liberal NGO accuse of them of Islamophobia. He made that speech at an institution that has institutionalized anti-Semitism, not world peace or even basic common sense, as its modus operandi, as its very raison d’être.

What would the UN do if it were unable to bash Israel? How would it spend its time?

[Rummyfan]

Not exactly a head-scratcher: spot the grownup.

[blackdog]

He grew up in Cheltenham, Pa. , A suburb of Philly. He went to grade school there as well.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

That was one of the best speeches I’ve heard. It was full of logic and fact...we are so starved for that in the USA.

[bjc]

I like the almost Churchillian epigram he used from Bernard Lewis on the difference between the Soviets and Iranian and other Islamic religious fanatics: “For the Ayatollahs of Iran, mutually assured destruction is not a deterrent, it’s an inducement.”