Posted on 10/28/2014 3:32:37 PM PDT by SJackson
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Report in The Atlantic quotes two officials who question the PM's ability to act on either the peace process or the Iranian nuclear issue.
The administration of US President Barack Obama has expressed its displeasure over Israel's recent announcement that it would be building more housing units in east Jerusalem, but now reported name-calling directed at Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can be added to the tensions between the two allies.
Jeffrey Goldberg, diplomatic correspondent for The Atlantic, reported Tuesday that he recently spoke to a senior Obama administration official about, "the foreign leader who seems to frustrate the White House and the State Department the most." The unnamed official reportedly told Goldberg: “The thing about Bibi is, he’s a chickenshit.”
“The good thing about Netanyahu is that he’s scared to launch wars,” the official said.
“The bad thing about him is that he won’t do anything to reach an accommodation with the Palestinians or with the Sunni Arab states. The only thing he’s interested in is protecting himself from political defeat. He’s not [Yitzhak] Rabin, he’s not [Ariel] Sharon, he’s certainly no [Menachem] Begin. He’s got no guts.”
Goldberg quoted another official who reportedly agreed with the first official's assessment but added that Netanyahu was also a "coward" on the Iranian nuclear threat issue.
The second official reportedly told Goldberg that the "Obama administration no longer believes that Netanyahu would launch a preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities."
“It’s too late for him to do anything. Two, three years ago, this was a possibility. But ultimately he couldn’t bring himself to pull the trigger. Now it’s too late.”
“The feeling now is that Bibi’s bluffing,” the second official reportedly added.
Great comment... thanks.
I didn't know that Netanyahu AND his brother were the equivalent of Special Forces/SAS/Delta Force in their youth.
Bibi could probably still wade into the lair of Obamapunk & his catamite army to deliver a backhand to the lying Sunni muppet's face.
Bring a sandal, Bibi - to make it count. Obola would sh*t himself like an Ebola victim...
Wasn’t Netanyahu part of an operation to rescue some hijacked passengers in a place called Entebee? The operation was a surgical lightening raid that lost one passenger and one or two of the operatives, namely Netanyahu’s brother. Other than that, it was a huge success.
Netanyahu, a chicken*&#@? I think not. What has those idiots in the current White House done that even comes close to that? NOTHING!
“’The feeling now is that Bibi’s bluffing,’ the second official reportedly added.”
When have Israelis ever ‘bluffed’? They’re not in a position to be left holding the cards. They’re surrounded by Mudslims.
Benjamin, one of the very rare leaders, in the _whole_ world. Obama, criminal par excellance.
I wonder what the unnamed person in the Obozo admin has done?
Easy to get confused, not a problem when recalling Obama/Biden heroics.
Rumors are now that it was at State, not the WH. Who knows, could have been someone who was in Cambodia for Christmas. Or was butt shot with rice. Though I doubt it, even Kerry isn't this stupid conversing with a reporter.
Are you sure you are not over estimating Kerry? Just sayin’
I stand corrected. Still, he’s done more in his time than obama could only dream of doing. Truly a great leader. If only we could have someone like Bibi.
Benjamin Netanyahu in 1967 became a team leader in the Sayeret Matkal special forces unit (the same unit that his brother Yoni served with, when he was killed in the raid on Entebe).
Bibi took part in many missions, including Operation Inferno (1968), Operation Gift (1968) and Operation Isotope (1972) the rescue of a hijacked Sebana passenger jet, during which he was shot in the shoulder (and is unofficially reported to have killed four terrorists with six shots). He fought on the front lines in the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War in 1973, taking part in special forces raids along the Suez Canal, and then leading a commando assault deep into Syrian territory.
During this time, Obama attended primary schools in Indonesia and Hawaii. He later joined the Choom Gang at his elite prep school, and focused on smoking marijuana.
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