Former governor and Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley used an address at the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) to rip into the AIPAC lobbying group for having any tolerance at all of supporters of the Iran nuclear deal.
Haley went on to argue that AIPAC is too interested in bringing Democrats aboard for the sake of bipartisanship. She warned this would encourage bad behavior.
All of this is built around Haley’s supposition that the Israel lobby is championing a very specific far-right interpretation of Israeli interests, hostile to the Iran nuclear deal and likewise opposing a two-state solution.
The reality is that this is nowhere near a universal position within Israel, nor is it AIPAC’s. They leave open the possibility of supporting the Iran deal, and unsurprisingly don’t excommunicate US politicians who take the same position.
Haley’s comments were embraced at RJC, but likely less so at AIPAC. Haley also went after the J Street lobbyists for not being hostile to the Palestinians, again reflecting a very skewed view of the position of Israel.
It may be understandable that Haley is carving out this position, as her experience was with the former Netanyahu government, which had very much staked out just this position and tried to spin it as the only acceptable one within Israel.
With her political future still up in the air, Haley may believe she can position herself as the sole Israel-acceptable candidate in the future. She may, in the long run, alienate much of Israel’s political spectrum.
With her political future still up in the air…
Hoisted up on her own petard!
A petard is a small bomb used for blowing up gates and walls when breaching fortifications. It is of French origin and dates back to the 16th century.
Shakespeare’s phrase “hoist with his own petard”—meaning that one could be lifted (blown) upward by one’s own bomb, or in other words, be foiled by one’s own plan—has become an idiom that means “to be harmed by one’s own plan (to harm someone else)” or “to fall into one’s own trap”.
Thanks Jeff, I was aware of its origin and literal meaning. I’ve also heard it refers to extreme flatulence.
It was in this scents that I used the phrase.
Thanks for explaining that phrase!
“All of this is built around Haley’s supposition that the Israel lobby is championing a very specific far-right interpretation of Israeli interests, hostile to the Iran nuclear deal and likewise opposing a two-state solution.”
Aren’t they?
I did the same double-take. He doesn’t offer any references.
Haley is auditioning.
Ambitious as Lucifer, she is.
Now I m more certain than ever that for veep that actress channeled this woman for her role
Haley competing for mud wrestling position in 2024 kabuki theater.
This creature is a hollow, shallow entity
Amen brother! You’re describing Devil’s advocates. HRC’s Presidential campaigners realized that the more she campaigned, the more people hated her hollow, shallow soul. So they made her stop campaigning.
Nikki Haley— a little girl trying to play a grown-up. God help us if she’s on the next Republican ticket!
Haley and Nuland need to be tied together then tossed in the ocean, any ocean, with weights tied to them.
Don’t get caught though. The fine for littering is probably pretty high.
Not littering… Rather feeding the sharks…!
I didn’t want to give them human status. They aren’t worthy.
I didn’t either…!
The sharks would reject them!
Political dinosaurs. But still roaming the earth, their sulphuric breath still victorious.
They do not see the global political climate change that is threatening their habitat. Unfortunately, it is our habitat as well. Dinosaur cannot see that AIPAC is adjusting to realities, not heeding the Haley roar.
But like a climate change, there were many false warming and cooling trends, and AIPAC will turn with the wind accordingly. It is sad, but the Republican dinosaurs depend on a very limited diet for its survival. As the new sources of political food emerged — in digital technologies, media, pharmaceuticals, space — Republican dinosaurs seem to have have lost out. They are trying to cultivate what is left.
Republicans want to use AIPAC against Democrats. That is not good for AIPAC nor for Israel, but for years now the Republicans have done this with success.
It may now be past repair. Actually, I hope so.
I don’t see a substantial difference, it seems more like a difference in flavor only, still on the same side. It’s more like good cop, bad cop. Wait, I’ve got to rephrase. Evil cop, even more evil cop is more like it.
I don’t see a substantial difference, it seems more like a difference in flavor only, still on the same side. It’s more like good cop, bad cop. Wait, I’ve got to rephrase. Evil cop, even more evil cop is more like it.
She’s more pro-Israel than Israel is.
So is our press compared to theirs. They actually seem to be allowed to criticize.
Wow: DEEP POCKETS. PERIOD.
It’s tough to compete for the top “devil’s advocate.” With such lust for war, I can almost smell the sulfur in my laptop.
Haley knows that the time for a female US president is near. If not in 2024 then in 2028.
If the likes of Haley were ever elected, the only way out would be for China to drop a great big nuke on DC.
Problem solved.
Nikki Haley and many more like her prove relying the female nurturing aspect to control male lust to kill and maim for war is a total hoax.
They’ve come a long way baby.
Nonsense, she is just playing the percentages.
Far more Israelis and Israel supporters are against any form of treaty with Iran than are for it.
If she has political ambitions (that question is rhetorical) she needs the anti-Iran money for her campaign.
For an interesting mind game, compare the life, achievements and philosophy of this piece of rubbish to Tulsi Gabbard.