Here is 7 minutes of one of the most profound displays of statesmanship I have ever seen, and it came from the Prime Minister of Israel. The moment speaks for itself. Only the most partisan in our country would fault Netanyahu for the recent mess that is Israeli/U.S. relations. Before his Thursday time-bomb, Obama did not consult with the Prime Minister nor give the man a "heads up" regarding the Thursday speech. What is most surprising about that is this: Obama knew the Prime Minister was coming to America on Friday.
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Watching the face of Obama is rather telling. It presents us with a man we have all seen before: angry and thinking of reprisals. Understand that the Palestinians and Hamas are joined at the hip and it is a part of the Hamas charter that Israel be wiped off the face of the earth. In 2009 and, again, in 2010, Obama gave financial aid to Hamas/Gaza to the tune of 1.3 billion dollars. In the Cairo speech, Obama named Israel as an "occupying nation" in the West Bank, terminology used exclusively by the anti-Zionist community. And now, he expects Israel to concede to the demands of those who seek its total destruction -- emphasis on "total."
You might have trouble understanding Obama's logic on this. I don't. I have said from the very beginnings of his administration, that he is a rather stupid man. There is nothing to "understand" except that Obama is a stupid man when it comes to the act of governance and international politics.
Lesson to be learned: expect more, much more, of the same from this stranger in our White House.
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