What Biden told Netanyahu behind closed doors: "This is starting to get dangerous for us"

politico.com ^ | March 11, 2010 | Laura Rozen

[Free ThinkerNY]

Publicly, Vice President Joe Biden tried to keep up a positive tone in his good will visit to Israel this week. But privately, the Israeli press reports, he had sharper words for Israeli decisions Biden said jeopardize the peace process and U.S. efforts to stabilize Iraq, fight insurgents and stabilize Afghanistan and Pakistan, and strengthen an international and regional alliance to pressure Iran.

The Israeli press has been extremely critical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government's behavior during Biden's visit. See these excerpts from a piece by Shimon Shiffer in Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth today, headline: "Biden: You’re Jeopardizing Regional Peace":

Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Israel as a friend. As a matter of fact, he is considered to be the greatest friend of Israel ever to have been a member of the U.S. Senate. Legislation that he promoted over the years ensured the Israelis’ security and welfare. It is that great friend of ours who now feels betrayed.

While standing in front of the cameras, the U.S. vice president made an effort to smile at Binyamin Netanyahu even after having learned on Tuesday that the Interior Ministry had approved plans to build 1,600 housing units in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo. But in closed conversations, Joe Biden took an entirely different tone. ...

People who heard what Biden said were stunned. “This is starting to get dangerous for us,” Biden castigated his interlocutors. “What you’re doing here undermines the security of our troops who are fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. That endangers us and it endangers regional peace.”

[Dr.Zoidberg]

By “Us”, he was referring to the mohammedan brothers of his boss.

Caliph bammy hussein ramalamadingdong ibn twofacedscumbag-inshallah is not a man, to be crossed.

[bvw]

Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Israel as a friend. As a matter of fact, he is considered to be the greatest friend of Israel ever to have been a member of the U.S. Senate.

That's highly unlikely even as hyperbole.

[drubyfive]

That’s not what FoxNews reported.

[Will88]

Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Israel as a friend. As a matter of fact, he is considered to be the greatest friend of Israel ever to have been a member of the U.S. Senate.

That's when I stopped taking anything in the article seriously.

[Chode]

what a putz...

[bitterohiogunclinger]

There is no such animal as a “peace process”. That garbage is merely to give political cover for Israels enemies to continue to wage war against her while liberal democracies wag their tongues and prevent her from kicking their asses into the trash-bin. Imagine the outrage here if Mexico continued to attack us and sent hoardes of suicide bombers to invade our country....Oh wait.

[drubyfive]

Politico should not quote what is written in Israel’s highest circulation newspaper?

[NativeNewYorker]

Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Israel as a friend. As a matter of fact, he is considered to be the greatest friend of Israel ever to have been a member of the U.S. Senate.

So the writer never heard of Jacob Javits? Geez.

[montag813]

1,600 apartments jeopardize our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan? Really? And how about those 12,000 illegal Arab squatters in Jerusalem?

[Will88]

Politico should not quote what is written in Israel’s highest circulation newspaper?

They can quote whatever they chose to quote, and reader's can take seriously whatever they think they should take seriously.

The entire story seems illogical and overwrought.

[Freddd]

I can’t read Politico....

[drubyfive]

I guess I wrongly inferred from your original comment that you thought the statement about Biden being the Senate’s greatest friend of Israel was written by the Politico writer, when he was quoting an Israeli journalist. I apologize for my inference.

[Recon Dad]

Why some of Joe's best friends are Jews!

Er drayt sich arum vie a fortz in russell

[PA Engineer]

That’s not what FoxNews reported.

Really?

Maybe what you heard was just another voice in your head.

[denydenydeny]

“What you’re doing here undermines the security of our troops who are fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

I really, really hope that Biden didn't just accidentally reveal more classified information.

[Nachum]

The list, ping

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[plain talk]

In fairness to Biden, I’m sure he was just conveying what Obama and Rahm told him to say.

Right. There's no way those are Biden's own words. He doesn't talk like that. He was reading off a cue card because you know Obama had him muzzled for this trip

[TADSLOS]

Has Joe girded his loins yet?

[STD]

“We keel Amrikans not because you here in Iraq, Pashtunistan and Pakistan, but because of zionist apartments!!”

Now, it's the Bad Jewish Landlord Defense, the ol' Biblical blame game!

[Boogieman]

“I only wish Britain would do the same, how many insults does it take to get through to them?”

The British are a bit too proper to do something so overt. They’ll smile and wait until Zero leaves the room and then shake their heads and frown. Maybe if we really tick them off they will leak a few back-handed comments to their tabloids, but I think that is about as far as they will go.