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A Friendship Dating to 1976 Resonates in 2012
The New York Times ^ | 4/7/2012 | MICHAEL BARBARO

Posted on 04/08/2012 9:57:37 PM PDT by Utah Girl

The two young men had woefully little in common: one was a wealthy Mormon from Michigan, the other a middle-class Jew from Israel.

But in 1976, the lives of Mitt Romney and Benjamin Netanyahu intersected, briefly but indelibly, in the 16th-floor offices of the Boston Consulting Group, where both had been recruited as corporate advisers. At the most formative time of their careers, they sized each other up during the firm’s weekly brainstorming sessions, absorbing the same profoundly analytical view of the world.

That shared experience decades ago led to a warm friendship, little known to outsiders, that is now rich with political intrigue. Mr. Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, is making the case for military action against Iran as Mr. Romney, the likely Republican presidential nominee, is attacking the Obama administration for not supporting Mr. Netanyahu more robustly.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: benjaminnetanyahu; israel; michigan; mittromney
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To: stylecouncilor

I’d like to hear what Bibi has to say about this.


21 posted on 04/09/2012 9:52:30 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: justiceseeker93
That was an interesting article, but please forgive me for wondering: what agenda does the New York Times hope to promote by publishing it?
22 posted on 04/09/2012 10:34:06 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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Maybe they think it will hurt Romney in the general - after all, all conservatives are Hitler-loving hate machines. </sarc>
23 posted on 04/09/2012 11:17:28 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: justiceseeker93

That’s a great article. Maybe Romney won’t be as bad as I thought, at least on the subject of Israel.


24 posted on 04/09/2012 12:16:11 PM PDT by libertarian neocon
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To: andy58-in-nh
...what agenda does the New York Times hope to promote by publishing it?

Romney doesn't have the GOP nomination mathematically clinched yet. Remember there's still some primaries coming up in states with more than a few Jewish voters, like NY, PA, NJ, and CA. The goal of the Slimes is to help Romney secure the GOP nomination, then turn on him in the general election campaign.

Just one opinion.

25 posted on 04/09/2012 1:02:23 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: justiceseeker93

Regarding that question: Why Did The Times Publicize Romney And Netanyahu’s Friendship?
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/154637


26 posted on 04/09/2012 1:53:54 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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Thanks justiceseeker93.


27 posted on 04/09/2012 8:23:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (FReepathon 2Q time -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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