In an already much talked about article for The Atlantic, “The Crisis in U. S. – Israeli Relations is Officially Here,” Jeffrey Goldberg quotes a senior administration official accusing Benjamin Netanyahu – among a long list of unpleasant things — of being a “chickenshit.”
Never mind for a moment the absurdity of an (of course anonymous) Obama official calling the Israeli PM a coward when Netanyahu has been personally under fire in two wars, volunteering for the second after having been wounded by a gun shot in the first (his brother, as many will remember, was killed during the raid on Entebbe — both Netanyahus were in [the elite commando unit] Sayeret Matkal) at approximately the time the official’s boss Barry [Obama] was lulling on a balmy Hawaiian beach smoking “choom” with his gang.
Bibi Netanyahu was in the elite commando unit, Sayeret Matkal while Obama was in Hawaii smoking “choom” with his gang.
What’s the right word for this? Hypocrisy is a bit weak, isn’t it? Or is it simply the desperate rumblings of a failed administration?
...We all know Obama et al don’t like the Israelis, not just their prime minister and ...defense minister Yaalon, and probably a whole host of other officials of the Jewish state, not to mention a vast percentage of the Israeli populace. This opprobrium on Obama’s part has been going on for a long time, even before he took office...
But there is something of importance in Goldberg’s article.... the following ..
The official said the Obama administration no longer believes that Netanyahu would launch a preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities in order to keep the regime in Tehran from building an atomic arsenal. “It’s too late for him to do anything. Two, three years ago, this was a possibility. But ultimately he couldn’t bring himself to pull the trigger. It was a combination of our pressure and his own unwillingness to do anything dramatic. Now it’s too late.”Goldberg goes on to explain this proves Bibi is a “chickenshit” ... because he didn’t act against the mullahs two years ago, but what it really shows, to people genuinely interested, is that the administration assumes Iran is too close to the bomb to make an attack worth it. That is far more interesting and, needless to say dangerous, than anybody’s opinion about Benjamin Netanyahu.
Moreover, if you’re looking for a coward, how about the man who said nothing several years ago when the demonstrators in the streets of Tehran we’re shouting
“Obama, Obama, are you with us or are you with them?”That [Obama inaction exemplifies] a genuine “chickenshit.” ....
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