Posted on 02/25/2015 9:00:38 AM PST by Impala64ssa
On Monday Senators. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., invited Netanyahu to meet in a closed-door session with Democrats during his visit. Netanyahu declined the invitation on Tuesday and expressed regret about the politically fraught tone of his trip.
“I regret that the invitation to address the special joint session of Congress has been perceived by some to be political or partisan,” Netanyahu wrote. “I can assure you that my sole intention in accepting it was to voice Israel’s grave concerns about a potential nuclear agreement with Iran that could threaten the survival of my country.”
Netanyahu said to meet with Democrats “at this time could compound the misperception of partisanship regarding my upcoming visit.”
More than a half dozen House and Senate Democrats have said they will skip the speech, calling it an affront to President Barack Obama and the administration as they engage in high-level negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program. As expected Vice President Joe Biden will be traveling and has no plans to attend the speech.
Obama has no plans to meet with Netanyahu, with the administration saying such a session would break with past practices of engaging with world leaders close to elections. Israel’s elections are set for March 17.
Durbin said in a statement that he regretted that Netanyahu could not meet with the Democrats.
“We offered the Prime Minister an opportunity to balance the politically divisive invitation from Speaker (John) Boehner with a private meeting with Democrats who are committed to keeping the bipartisan support of Israel strong,” Durbin said. “His refusal to meet is disappointing to those of us who have stood by Israel for decades.”
Here’s Netanyahu’s full letter declining invitation to meet with Democratic senators:
Amen! Sane Americans are embarrassed.
I notice Bibi is also not meeting with the Republicans privately.
Gonna be awfully hard for the spin-doctors to turn that letter into anything controversial.
Oh, yeah, they’ll do it - but they’ll have to lie up a storm doing it - and people are listening for that now -
And speaking of “protocol” - Asking BiBi to meet separately with them smacks protocol in the face.
I thought they were all about ‘protocol”?
Say what??????????
Translation: Screw You. Besides it would be a waste of my time!
Later dudes!
Looks to me like sides are being drawn up.
I don't see it as a fiasco.
The only fiasco I see is your post on this thread.
Exactly, and rightfully so.
Our foreign policy since 0bama has been in the WH has been atrocious to non existent, it’s really sad.
Where is the “trash America aspect” you refer to? Except from the White House?
Have you been reading something the rest of us haven’t?
Or smoking something...?
“His refusal to meet is disappointing to those of us who have stood by Israel for decades.”
Who cares what they’ve “done for decades,” it’s what they’re doing today that matters.
Excellent! You really are a fart smeller...oops...Smart Feller.
Why should he meet with them in a closed-door session? He’s addressing all of Congress. Let them attend.
exactly. Prime Minister Netanyahu operates above genius-level thinking in everything he does; he is an M.I.T. graduate. He is also retired Israeli military, and he is also as shrewd and as cunning as a hawk when it comes to political matters.
There is no way, shape or form that the traitor-in-chief here in the United States can hold a match to that. Bibi just blows it out. Literally.
I wish we had one person as ethical, smart, caring and protective toward the United States as Netanyahu is with Israel...
Most of the GOP would have fallen for the liberal trap... Maybe the GOP’s lazy or stupid ... maybe corrupt. Anyhow nice to see someone who loves their country.
Wish we had a leader who cared about our country.
Have democrats gone on CNN yet to express their ‘great concern’ for Israel’... while stabbing Israel in the back? Or is that next weeks lie?
Oh good .. I’ll bring the popcorn.
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they just can’t let it go...... the reason Bibi is not meeting with Obama is because there was no point.
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