Posted on 03/11/2010 1:14:28 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Sharp Elbows, Cold Shoulders Mark Biden Trip to Israel
Vice President Biden's trip to the Middle East -- meant to pave the way for a new round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks -- is coming to a close, leaving in its wake a trail of stinging snubs, cringe-worthy blunders and one-word headlines in Israelis newspapers: "Embarrassment."
Vice President Biden's trip to the Middle East -- meant to pave the way for a new round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks -- is coming to a close, leaving in its wake a trail of stinging snubs, cringe-worthy blunders and one-word headlines in Israel newspapers: "Embarrassment."
If it were merely a series of typical "Biden'isms," it'd be one thing. But in a sign that U.S.-Israeli relations have cooled, the vice president and top Israeli officials spent the better part of the week poking each other in the eye.
It didn't take long to see the trip was not going well.
The U.S. vice president's most daring snub may have come when he arrived 90 minutes late to a dinner Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
“The U.S. vice president’s most daring snub may have come when he arrived 90 minutes late to a dinner Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “
Oh Good Lord.
I can't wait to get out of the USA for a while so I won't have to be bombarded by crap from this administration on a daily basis.
“The U.S. vice president’s most daring snub may have come when he arrived 90 minutes late to a dinner Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.”
If I were the Israeli PM, Biden would have found us drinking an after-dinner drink, and would have been handed a doggie bag!
I am NOT, in no way, taking up for Joe Biden.
But that bit about showing up late for a meeting with Netanyahu....90 MINS LATE!...appears to be quite intentional.
Which would not make him a bumbling idiot. Well yeah, he IS a bumbling idiot but in this case it seems like Biden followed a plan to give Israel the finger...yeah, THAT finger.
lookit, the Obamer admin hates Israel. The U.N. is financed and bribed by Muslim oil money and somehow I suspect that much of that oil money made its way into Obamer campaign coffers.
He owes them is what I’m saying here...why else APOLOGIZE to Quaddafi, dear Lord, after the man called for Jihad against Switzerland of all places?
The big problem they have against Israel right now is that...gasp...THEY ARE BUILDING HOUSES!
HOW DARE THEY!?
Of course, heh, they are building houses in a part of Jerusalem that the Palestinians...those fine thugs and thieves that have no right to most anything...WANTED the section of Jerusalem where Israel is building.
I got a bridge to sell, cheap, to anybody who really thinks Israel would ever divvy up Jerusalem but to the US President who makes it happen...well it would be quite the feather...the Mooslems would be right in the heart of their enemy.
What with Israel flipping the bird and building houses, a sign, go with me here, that Israel intends to keep control of Jerusalem cause I don’t think those homes will be rented out to the followers of Allah, the message is sent to not come knocking at my door for any grand peace plan that would have us giving up any of Jerusalem to the Mooslims..
This whole trip was planned to allow Biden to flip Israel the bird in place of Obamer, who does have an image to upkeep.
Note our Secretary of State is nowhere to be found doing this job generally given to....TADA...the SECRETARY OF STATE!
Cause SHE has hopes to replace Obamer as the Dem nominee in 2012, a right reasonable possibility, and she doesn’t want to be pissing off folks on this planet whose goodwill she might need some day.
It’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
Has McCain apologized for the use of odumbos middle name yet
The GOP should start doing what the ‘rats did when Bush was in office and send delegations to meet with our allies without white house or state dept approval.
I think Obama’s increasingly overt contempt for Israel is behind the rumors of a rift between him and Rahm Emmanuel (who is your usual anti-Israel leftist, but is also the son of an Israeli military officer and has dual citizenship).
Did any of this get covered in the MSM?
He utilizes great Ju dge ment.
Here's how Bebe will return that favor. "Vice-President Biden? We began bombing Iran approximately 90 minutes ago."
FOX does far more negative reporting on Israel than on Biden in this piece. At least now we know WHY, given the FOX owners’ penchant for Dubai.
Our whole admiinistration is an embarrasment.
My spelling is an embarrassment.
ROFLMAO!!
I’d hope they would never do that
Read the article, people. “Embarrassment” referred to Peres lecturing the U.S. visitor. Also note that Netanyahu apologized to Biden for the timing of the East Jerusalem construction announcement. These points are both in the article.
I do agree with you that it was intentional. Just like the barry photograph of the bottom of his shoes while talking to Bibi.
‘Has McCain apologized for the use of odumbos middle name yet’
huh?
If you followed the 2008 campaign he apologized everytime some one called odumbo by his full name.
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