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St. Patrick’s Day Miracle in Israel: Netanyahu Comes From Behind to Win
breitbart.com ^ | 3/17/15 | Joel Pollack

Posted on 03/17/2015 3:33:31 PM PDT by cotton1706

Meanwhile, the mainstream media are at a loss for words. They had expected Netanyahu to lose, perhaps even by a wide enough margin to put Herzog in the pole position to form a new government. They had expected economic issues to trump security issues, which were Netanyahu’s focus. And they expected far stronger Arab turnout (as did Netanyahu).

The real loser is President Barack Obama, who undoubtedly hoped for a poor showing by Netanyahu. And the even bigger loser is the Iranian regime, who will now face an emboldened Israeli leader who made the case for his re-election on the grounds of strong public opposition to the generous terms of the nuclear deal that Obama is negotiating with Iran.

The most important immediate consequence of the election is that Netanyahu’s defense minister, Moshe “Bogey” Ya’alon, is likely to retain his post. A thorn in the side of Secretary of State John Kerry, whom he called “messianic,” Ya’alon is one of the few military planners in the western world with a grasp on the strategic realities of the Middle East. He has been a counsel of patience for Netanyahu, advising him not to waste resources on Hamas while Iran still looms as the enemy.

Yet the importance of his victory cannot be diminished. It is the biggest media surprise since “Dewey Defeats Truman”–a remarkable feat in today’s environment of big data, big media and big money.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bibi; iran; israel; netanyahu; waronterror
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"The most important immediate consequence of the election is that Netanyahu’s defense minister, Moshe “Bogey” Ya’alon, is likely to retain his post. A thorn in the side of Secretary of State John Kerry, whom he called “messianic,”

1. I love the Israeli nicknames, Bibi and Bogey.

And 2. The line about Kerry is priceless! Totally describes him! (and I live in Boston, so I'm more familiar with him than most)

1 posted on 03/17/2015 3:33:31 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

YAY!!!!!....Praise God!


2 posted on 03/17/2015 3:36:14 PM PDT by Guenevere
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To: cotton1706

Ha! Ha Ha! Ha Ha Ha! Ha Ha Ha Ha!


3 posted on 03/17/2015 3:36:22 PM PDT by ChocChipCookie ("Demons run when a good man goes to war.")
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To: cotton1706
"The real loser is President Barack Obama..."

This can't be shouted loudly or often enough...

4 posted on 03/17/2015 3:38:28 PM PDT by DJ Frisat (Proudly providing the NSA with provocative textual content since 1995!)
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To: cotton1706

FU Barack Obama


5 posted on 03/17/2015 3:38:41 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: thouworm; onyx

Celebration. BLUE cheese with the GREEN beer! Lol


6 posted on 03/17/2015 3:39:39 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?)
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To: cotton1706

I hope Obola and valjar are sobbing like little girls tonight.


7 posted on 03/17/2015 3:40:08 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (It's better to die free than live as a slave)
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To: cotton1706

Whew, if Netanyahu lost I could forsee more war for Israel and Obama would have demanded Israel show restraint


8 posted on 03/17/2015 3:40:55 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: skeeter
FU Barack Obama

Worth repeating.

FU Barack Obama

9 posted on 03/17/2015 3:40:55 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: cotton1706

I am heartened by the result, but not believing that Bibi was ever that much of the underdog. That requires me to accept as accurate media polling. That media, by the way, was pro-left and pro-Herzog.

It’s a case of GIGO == garbage data in, garbage results out.

But I am having a beer on this news.


10 posted on 03/17/2015 3:41:42 PM PDT by bajabaja (Too ugly to be scanned at the airports.)
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To: cotton1706

My guess is that the Israelis must not be using Diebold(sp?) voting and vote counting machines.


11 posted on 03/17/2015 3:42:06 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: DJ Frisat

Obama’s support is like Leprosy, You lose, you can’t shake it. And it makes the Elephant Man look like Robert Redford.


12 posted on 03/17/2015 3:42:50 PM PDT by fhayek (SARCASM for those who can't understand my tone.)
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To: cotton1706
The luck of the Jewish?

Erin oy vey?

13 posted on 03/17/2015 3:43:04 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (It takes a gun to feed a village (and an AK 47 to defend it).)
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To: cotton1706

If O and the State Dept. used any of OUR taxpayer money to influence this election then people need to go to prison.

Take that ManBearPig!


14 posted on 03/17/2015 3:43:17 PM PDT by Fledermaus (The GOP is dead to me! McConnell and Boehner can drop dead!!)
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To: cotton1706

Now I have another reason to open up the Connemara!


15 posted on 03/17/2015 3:44:57 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (It takes a gun to feed a village (and an AK 47 to defend it).)
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To: cotton1706

F.U.B.O.
F.U.V.J.

16 posted on 03/17/2015 3:45:09 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: cotton1706

Better put some ice on it, Barry.


17 posted on 03/17/2015 3:45:32 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: cotton1706
Obama's out looking for the Hanging Chads guy, to see if he can fly him in on AF1 to help cast doubt on the vote count...


18 posted on 03/17/2015 3:46:40 PM PDT by COBOL2Java ("God save America" - we are at the dawn of a new dark age)
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To: Guenevere

I posted the same thing on another thread! Heck, I’ll double down: Praise God!


19 posted on 03/17/2015 3:47:11 PM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: cotton1706

I am sure Obama is going to throw a fit and try to get back at Israel / Netanyahu. Any thoughts as to what the cry baby in chief is going to do?


20 posted on 03/17/2015 3:49:43 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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