Powerlineblog.com\’s John Hinderaker has written an excellent piece, on Barack Obama\’s likely post-election treatment of Israel, titled “Will Obama Punish Israel for Re-electing Netanyahu?”
I\’ll show you the first part…but you would be making a mistake not to read it all; every word:
Politicoreports on the Obama administration\’s reaction to yesterday\’selection results in Israel. The Obama administration is fuming, asyou might expect. Still, this is deeply ironic: Israel has re-electeda leader who is pro-American, who shares our values, who is popularwith the American people-more popular, in fact, than our ownpresident-and our administration is outraged. This is theupside-down Age of Obama. To be pro-American is now bad, apparently.
Sohow might Obama retaliate against Israel for re-electing apro-American government?
Inthe wake of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\’s decisivere-election, the Obama administration is revisiting longtimeassumptions about America\’s role as a shield for Israel againstinternational pressure.
Angeredby Netanyahu\’s hard-line platform towards the Palestinians, topObama officials would not rule out the possibility of a change inAmerican posture at the United Nations, where the U.S. hashistorically fended off resolutions hostile to Israel.
Nicecountry you have here. Shame if something were to happen to it.
Thank you, John, for showcasing so well the smallness, vindictiveness and ego-over-common sense behavior of Barack Obama.
How I wish you were wrong.
