Binyamin Netanyahu humiliated after Barack Obama 'dumped him for dinner'

Timesonline.co.uk ^ | Thursday March 25, 2010 | Giles Whittell,

[Bigtigermike]

For a head of state to visit the White House and not pose for photographers is rare. For a key ally to be left to his own devices while the President withdraws to have dinner in private was, until this week, unheard of.

Yet that is how Binyamin Netanyahu was treated by President Obama on Tuesday night, according to Israeli reports on a trip seen in Jerusalem tonight as a disastrous humiliation.

After failing to extract a written promise of concessions on Jewish settlements, Mr Obama walked out of his meeting with Mr Netanyahu but invited him to stay at the White House, consult with advisors and “let me know if there is anything new”, a US congressman who spoke to the Prime Minister said today.

“It was awful,” the congressman said. One Israeli newspaper called the meeting “a hazing in stages”, poisoned by such mistrust that the Israeli delegation eventually left rather than risk being eavesdropped on a White House phone line. Another said that the Prime Minister had received “the treatment reserved for the President of Equatorial Guinea”.

[DejaJude]

What he means is when he posts he gets a message that his message is being reviewed before it’s displayed. I got that treatment for a while in the beginning but after a while I was released from the review list.

This must be something recent. I lurked for quite a while before I signed up, but as far as I can recall, I never got a reviewed message.

[Al B.]

Man, do I agree with that. Thanks for the heads up.

[Batman11]

“We know he will allow you Saudi airspace for transit and air to air refueling.”

Zero couldn’t put gas in a car much less know anything about air to air refueling. That is just not believable on any level!

[jhpigott]

Doesn’t the US also have huge ammo depots located in Israel, prepositioned in the event of a conflict in the region?

[jetson]

I guess BO has a death wish.

[STARWISE]

We still hope ...

[nicksaunt]

Oh my.

[nfldgirl]

I hear what you’re saying...I too have the same feeling...sort of an impending doom. Frightening to say the least.

[beagleone]

Nonsense. I can assure you that Obama would have treated the leader of Equatorial New Guinea MUCH better than Israel’s prime minister.

[Pan_Yan]

See #213

[beagleone]

Israel had calculated that he would be too tied up with domestic issues ahead of the mid-term elections to focus seriously on the Middle East.

They were not the only one to think this. Obama is really, really stupid. If I were out of a job, I would be LIVID that the President is spending his time humiliating our allies rather than taking care of domestic concerns.

But Obama is a narcissist first and foremost and can't accept the fact that Israel is not bending to his every command, so he will go down this road even if it hurts him politically. He is a clown.

[HerrBlucher]

What could be more embarrassing and devastating than has already been released? What could be more devastating than a socialist takeover of America? I can’t imagine any new info that would bring odorko down.

[VirginiaMom]

Oh. My. Goodness......SWOON!

VirginiaMom

[beagleone]

Nonsense, Israel will vote even more for Bibi after this. And Obama is fooling himself if he thinks that Tzipi Livni would be any more willing to stop building in Jerusalem.

[nkycincinnatikid]

Sorry, not able to read all 400 posts? Is it a bad thing or a really really really bad thing? What does Abe Foxman think about it? Does anyone actually think the democrat party might lose a vote or two over this?

[Hardraade]

Very easy. Mossad has its own website with contact info:

http://www.mossad.gov.il/Eng/AboutUs.aspx

[penelopesire]

There have been studies(not sure what they are worth..lol)that women are highly attuned to intuition and are usually instinctly a bit ahead in sensing ‘threats’ before they are fully ‘seen’....for what it’s worth.

[abigail2]

YOu beat me to it! This is a disgrace.

[abigail2]

Bibi shouldn’t have been humiliated, we’re humiliated with a President like this...Shame on us.

[nkycincinnatikid]

And wasn’t the O’Bama re scheduled and supposed to be pissing off the Kiwis and Aussies today?