Posted on 02/03/2015 6:58:05 PM PST by Dave346
Vice President Joe Biden won’t commit to attending Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to a joint session of Congress next month.
He’s not the only one.
Dozens of House Democrats are privately threatening to skip the March 3 address, according to lawmakers and aides, in in what’s become the lowest point of a relationship between the Israeli prime minister and President Barack Obama that’s never been good.
Democrats have had to balance publicly supporting Israel with backing Obama, who’s trying to close a deal with Iran to curb its nuclear programs over vehement opposition from Netanyahu, who has expressed concerns that the U.S. president is being naive. Negotiations are facing a deadline at the end of March for a political framework.
The speech was devised by House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Israeli ambassador Ron Dermer to provide Netanyahu a prominent Washington platform to warn about the dangers of the proposed deal with Iran.
Ever since the uproar over the invitation first exploded two weeks ago, the Israelis have worked to try to quash any question of partisan maneuvering. On Tuesday, an Israeli official said they’re hoping the situation will be resolved by the time Netanyahu arrived in Washington.
“We appreciate the great bipartisan support for Israel in Congress and hope that members of Congress will be willing to listen to the prime minister on an issue which threatens America’s national security, and Israel’s very survival,” the official said.
Boehner’s office says he doesn’t plan to reschedule the speech, which had already been moved from Feb. 11 to March 3 so Netanyahu can attend the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual policy conference.
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Exactly. The party of Jew haters might even wake up a few of the American Jews who mindlessly pull the Democrat lever election after election.
Sadly, not likely.
They stand with their Fuhrer and he stands with the moslems.
Why would anyone who identifies themselves as Jewish, vote for Obama (or at this point, any Democrat)? I really don’t get it. Obama has, at best, ignored Israel, while doing everything he can to support the most radical, anti-Israel groups out there. His disrespect for Israel is the only transparent thing in his administration.
Except for just a handful of Republican in both houses, I can no longer argue with your premise.
But it is doubtful the media will chastise them if this happens, as they would chastise any Republicans who boycotted an appearance by some Leftist dictator such as Castro.
The ancient Greeks had a saying: “Those who the gods would destroy, they first make mad”.
Obama is trying to convince Iran to “curb its nuclear intentions” the same way he is trying to “degrade ISIS. He said it again today, ISIS must be degraded. He added and ultimately destroyed. The implication was that the zuS would not be the ones to do it.
BTTT!!!!
Perhaps you forgot that.
I'm pretty sure He hasn't.
The pettiness in this Administration is only dwarfed by their sheer ignorance.
Good, Congress looks better when there are fewer scumbags there.
They all showed up for Castro’s speech. Standing ovation too. Says all one needs to know about the sort of filth they are.
No ,just communists.
Do it, [*CENSORED*]s.
Some say the Rabin assassination was a Clinton arkancide to rally Israelies to Peres and against Netanyahu.
It’s like playing Simon Says! Obama says-hands on head, Democrats put hands on head. Obama says-arms at side, Democrats put arms at sides. Obama says-lay on floor, Democrats lay on the floor,....on and on and on.
Netanyahu is the modern day Winston Churchill and the leftist pukes cannot just send him back to Israel.
It would be a great event for both countries if the Congressional Democrats did this.
The result would be a massive and long overdue exodus of Jews from the Democratic party (the party of Perjury and Obstruction of Justice).
Such an exodus would be a harbinger of the ultimate demise of the Democratic party.
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