This is the important point. BiBi can "loathe" Obama...and we can understand why....but BiBi should have kept this a better secret.
Everyone knew Obama was not a proponent of Israel, but I believe Obama could have been placated by a Netanyahu "charm offensive".
But instead of a charm offensive Netanyahu chose a lecture offensive. During their first meeting in the oval office Netanyahu used the media to publically lecture (humiliate) Obama about the importance of not returning to the 1967 borders.
Obama looked PISSED. Everyone saw it ... but Netanyahu continued.
Many on this site applauded Netanyahu's public lecture and Obama's recoil. But I cringed. Not because what Netanyahu was saying was wrong....but because he was publically humiliating the President of the United States...a humiliation that this particular president would not forget.
A strategic blunder by Netanyahu set in stone the relationship between these two men. The only reason to care is that the nation state of Israel will pay the price for this.
Big strategic mistake, Bibi. A big mistake.
Obama's character was there for everyone to see. He demands submission, or he is, as you say "pissed". He is also anti-Israel.
Bibi represents the people of Israel. He cannot submit to Obama's anti-Israeli policy. He must strongly represent his nation, as most of his predecessors have.
Putin needed to make the same decision about Obama years ago. He too made the right strategic decision.
The only way a "charm offensive" works with Obama is if you are a fellow traveller, i.e. an Islamic socialist.
I would hate to see the outcome for the State of Israel from your approach.
very good analysis.
Bibi doesn’t need to worry. God won’t allow anything to happen to Israel that he doesn’t have planned. One of God’s most powerful angels watches that place constantly.
It never pays to charm or otherwise suck up to evil men, it never works out.