Obama’s Israel Problem (excellent article!)

weeklystandard.com ^ | 1/30/15 | William Kristol

[cotton1706]

The Obama administration is angry with Israel. Here's the administration's house organ, the New York Times, this morning:

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, after days of mounting tension, signaled on Wednesday how angry it is with Israel that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted Republican leaders’ invitation to address Congress on Iran without consulting the White House.

The outrage the episode has incited within President Obama’s inner circle became clear in unusually sharp criticism by a senior administration official who said that the Israeli ambassador, Ron Dermer, who helped orchestrate the invitation, had repeatedly placed Mr. Netanyahu’s political fortunes above the relationship between Israel and the United States.

The official who made the comments to The New York Times would not be named...

Of course, the official who last summer called Prime Minister Netanyahu a "coward" and a "chickens--t" would not be named either. But there is no reason to think those unnamed angry officials do not speak for an angry president.

The Obama White House usually prides itself on not getting angry. Its self-image is that it's cool, calm, and collected. And it doesn't get angry at, for example, the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Obama White House understands and appreciates the complexities of the Islamic Republic's politics and history. It is only with respect to the Jewish state that the Obama White House is impatient, peremptory, and angry.

[cotton1706]

The fact that Bibi Netanyahu will be speaking to the American people (through their representatives) already has Obama kicking thing around the White House.

If Netanhayu gets reelected, he will continue to be in the way of his dreams and his "legacy."

His dreams will be shattered even moreso if the people's representatives pass sanctions (even if vetoed) on his (and Valerie's) beloved Iran!

[I am Richard Brandon]

But look on the bright side. He might entice the Stupid Party to try to umpeach him. Game On.

[cincinnati65]

I've got news for the Times and the Weekly Standard:

Obama was angry at Israel looonnnnnngggggg before Netanyahu was invited to speak.

[ßuddaßudd]

Israel’s Øbama problem . . .

[SkyPilot]

The Obama administration is angry with Israel.

And Almighty God is angry with the Obama administration.

Isaiah 60:12

"For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; those nations shall be utterly laid waste."

Genesis 12:3

"I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."

If I were God, Obama would wake up tomorrow with Stage 4 cancer of the mouth, testicles, and rectum.

[Sergio]

bkmk

[SunkenCiv]

Here's his problem:

And that's not just with Israel.

[AdaGray]

Regarding Obama’s motives, this is all too carefully polite. How much evidence does it take to state the obvious? Obama does not like America. He is a petulant and immature man who is purposely siding with our enemies.