Addressing AIPAC today, and getting ready to make a speech to Congress Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted he meant “no disrespect” to President Obama in coming to the US to openly try to undermine his diplomatic efforts.
Tensions are clearly continuing to rise, as Netanyahu claims Iran’s “tentacles of terror” are enveloping the whole world while the US stands idle, and as Obama continues to support diplomacy.
Netanyahu’s AIPAC speech, like so many of his speeches in recent years, centered on trying to compare Iran to Nazi Germany, and claiming that not a day goes by he doesn’t worry about Israel being wiped off the map in some way or other.
Top Obama aide Susan Rice, who addressed AIPAC, defended the diplomtic process, saying Netanyahu’s position of opposition to any deal is “not a viable position” from which to hold talks.
The Israel Lobby has been attacking Rice vociferously, with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach running an ad over the weekend in the New York Times accusing her of supporting genocide for criticizing Netanyahu.
Sure, it's not like he's ever disrespected any of the representatives of the American people, and thus the American people.
Criticism of israel/bibi=support for genocide. I'm surprised the schmuck boteach didn't claim it means supporting terrorism and thus any critic should be jailed, which is what they want.
I seriously thought they had a homeless and condescending drunken pedophile on FUX News on Sunday when visiting with people who actually watch that nonsense, but it turned out to be Shmuley Boteach, scraggly unkempt beard and all, looking like he just came off a three-day bender, telling everyone with an exasperated look on his face that there is NOT sufficient enough kneeling and kissing ASS in the States for Netanyahu and Chosenite Wingnuts in general.
How is it that a warmonger from a tiny country with a population no bigger than a medium sized city can push his way into Congress, disrespect our President and challenge our President's foreign policy which is being formed in our best interests rather than a parasitic foreign nation's. The irony is that 90% of Netanyahoo's campaign funds come from U.S. sources. So the issue is that treasanous U.S. zionist moneybags are undermining our government in service of a foreign country.
The only good thing to come out of this speech is that the public is now more aware of the depth and breadth of corruption in our political system by the zionists. As AIPAC’s former research director, Steve Rosen, said, “The lobby is a night flower. It thrives in the dark and dies in the sun,”
I agree with most of what you said…except the "push his way into Congress" point. He was invited by Boehner and the Republican leadership. Granted the invitation was instigated by the Israeli Ambassador but Boehner could have sent them to the White House instead of what he did.
Nutty Yahoo and AIPAC. The planet would be a
better place without them.
Netanyahu belongs in a jail cell in the Hague awaiting trial for war crimes. If Netanyahu were busy defending himself against prosecution, he wouldn't be in a position to cooperate with this scheme with Boehner to undermine Obama's diplomatic efforts. So what does Obama do? He keeps protecting "Israel" (i.e. its present regime) from facing the consequences of their evil. What does he get in return? A bizarre putsch attempt on his presidency by a foreign leader acting in cahoots with a congressman.
What is my point? That it's difficult to support Obama even when agreeing with one of his policy goals (on Iran I mean). Obama never does anything wholeheartedly. He zigzags. He behaves in a way that makes him look either gullible, stupid, or deliberately incompetent. It's impossible to support someone like that even when you agree with their goal. Netanyahu is a despicable, fascistic racist motivated by paranoid fears – and it's never easy to tell whether he's really that paranoid – or cynically inflaming paranoia as a political tool. Instead of rejecting a person with such an ideology with disgust – what does Obama do? First for many years he pursues a policy that caters to Netanyahu's demands (although not fully of course, because Netanyahu has been wanting war from day one.) Now that Obama has realised the folly of it all, and it trying to change course, he defends himself against Netanyahu's antics in an apologetic way instead of calling spade a spade. Get with the program. Netanyahu is the evil side here – and when Ahmadinejad was in power – it was a close call which party to this dispute is more loathsome. But Iranian voters have since tossed Ahmadinejad out. Israeli voters have not tossed Netanyahu out. They have one more chance this month, but that should be last leeway they get before being 'collectively punished' for their choice of political leadership.
President Ahmadinejad
“We should be so stupid as to build one or two nuclear weapons?”
A non-issue to say the least, which just goes to show that Empire USA Israel has the best paid actor politicians that money can buy.
I was looking for video of this Shmuley Boteach fellow someone mentioned here and I came across a video of him with Israel's UN Ambassador Ron Prosor speaking two weeks ago. Sometimes I could have doubts and wonder if maybe I am deluding myself loving Russia, Israel, Antiwar.com and all the New York Shmuley's all at the same time and feeling this is not a contradiction. But then you find something like this. See Ambassador Proser responding to a question about Russia's moves toward aligning with Iran: http://youtu.be/am6Y9G19rOU?t=1h8m47s
What's really mind-boggling is that all of this strum and drang, all the suffering death, poverty, disruption, deceit, fear and uncertainty on a vast scale is the result of less than six hundred people's efforts to avoid loosing their elected office.
Even more depressing is that when any of them do get thrown out, or leave voluntarily, candidates who aspire to replace them must swear everlasting fealty to the same creed and behavior if they are to ascend to a place amongst the anointed.
Netanyahu's visit and speech is a celebration of this to reassure his people they are still chosen and for the rest of the world to marvel at and tremble before.