Posted on 03/01/2015 11:08:09 AM PST by Maelstorm
Senior members of the Likud party – including, some say, even the most senior of them – are keeping their fingers crossed for President Barack Obama. They hope that he won’t fall ill, that he won’t fly off to some distant continent, that a cat won’t get his tongue, and that he won’t become suddenly faint-hearted about the escalating confrontation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
As in the well-known joke about the sadist and the masochist, the Likudniks are eager to continue being pummeled by Obama directly or by his secretary of state or by his national security adviser. They’ve reached the conclusion that every American slap in Netanyahu’s face only strengthens support for their party’s leader among his electoral base. This week, a poll the Likudniks were shown revealed that Israelis’ support for Obama – which had been unprecedentedly high during the period of Israel-U.S. security cooperation – has plunged to a new low.
“Obama is our best campaigner,” one of those senior figures said this week, not for attribution. “He’s our man. He threatens boycotts, he’s keeping the most important issue for us – the Iranian nuclear project and the prime minister’s heroic efforts to scuttle it – in the headlines. In the past,” he added, “the Palestinians did the work for us, with their terror attacks. Now it’s the president of the United States.”
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
why yes. Obama is a tool.
“I don’t know about that ... Haaretz is not known for favoring either Likud or Netanyahu”
You’re right about that. If you read the rest of the article, they don’t hold back on the vitriol for Netanyahu.
Haaretz shut me out ... as I’m not a subscriber ... :-) ...
If you google the title you’ll find open sites.
How the heck can Israeli Jews support Obama??? Without too much hyperbole this is like Jews praising Hitler for getting the trains to run on time. Iran wants Israel wiped off the map and every last Jew killed. Obama just bumbles around while they make their nukes and says “legitimate grievences.”
Obama's voted best Republican recruiter too - he's bringing in Asians, young people, Catholics, Jews, and union guys ( but NOT union leadership)... it's a win for our side.
Finally - someone finds a use for Obama.
They burn dung in afrika.. Why not obammys books?
He’s been a tool his whole political career-why stop now?
lacking in self control. It's one of his bigger weaknesses.
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