Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue to press the United States to move against Iran, saying it is “Israel’s vital security interest” to see America act and that it was his responsibility as prime minister to keep the heat on US officials.
At the same time, he sought to downplay the seriousness of the split between he and President Obama, saying that he and Obama had a “good conversation” about their “common goal of stopping Iran.”
The relationship is a frayed one, and that’s being polite, with former State department spokesman P.J. Crowley saying of the relationship “they don’t like each other very much and there are serious differences between our interests and Israel’s own.”
Netanyahu’s “pressure” is increasingly unwelcome during election season, with Israel’s opposition leader accusing him of “meddling” in the US vote and Sen. Barbara Boxer (D – CA) pressing Netanyahu to “step back and clarify your remarks.”
Netanyahoo is looking weak at home…not being able to goad the US into fighting Israel's war (this time) and having to answer to his own people as to the efficacy of a regional war (and the under-predicting of results) is not helping to keep his coalition together – at a time when he desperately needs things to stay tightly knitted together. The prospects of Bibi going down in Israeli history as weak and ineffective – and a warmonger to boot – are looking more and more relevant.
the lone inmate continues to babble and dribble
It's time for the Jews in the US Congress to stand up and be counted. Are they Israel Firsters like Joe Leiberman, who has been the initiator of most of the sanctions against Iran (handed to him by AIPAC). Are they USA Firsters, who will publicly call for Netanyahu to shut the hell up with all his hysteria and stupid insistence that the USA attack Iran based on a huge pack of lies.