Oldguy
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- Sep 25, 2012
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Remember how Bibi Netanyahu inserted himself into our recent presidential election by publicly criticizing Obama and favoring his good buddy Mitt Romney? For a foreign leader to try to influence an American election was almost unprecedented.
Now...it's payback time!
" ..President Obama, appealing to very disparate audiences to solve one of the worlds thorniest problems, moved closer on Thursday to the Israeli governments position on resuming long-stalled peace talks with the Palestinians, even as he passionately implored young Israelis to get ahead of their own leaders in the push for peace .
..Speaking as a politician, I can promise you this: political leaders will not take risks if the people do not demand that they do, Mr. Obama said, in tones reminiscent of his own political campaigns at home. You must create the change that you want to see. .
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/22/w...?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130322&_r=0
Obama is in Israel now, urging younger Israeli's to force their leaders to work for their vision of the future. That's an almost direct slap in the face to Netanyahu and his Likud party, which only won a narrow victory in their recent elections. In fact, the hard line Likud lost about a quarter of the seats they held in the Knesset and now find themselves having to negotiate with other, less hard line parties, to form a government at all. Support for Likud's radical policies is waning fast and Obama is trying to take advantage of that by inserting himself into domestic, Israeli politics.
How do you like that, Bibi? How does the right here like that? It was OK for Netanyahu to attempt to influence voters here, is it alright if Obama now does the same thing there? Why not?
Good job, Mr. President!
Now...it's payback time!
" ..President Obama, appealing to very disparate audiences to solve one of the worlds thorniest problems, moved closer on Thursday to the Israeli governments position on resuming long-stalled peace talks with the Palestinians, even as he passionately implored young Israelis to get ahead of their own leaders in the push for peace .
..Speaking as a politician, I can promise you this: political leaders will not take risks if the people do not demand that they do, Mr. Obama said, in tones reminiscent of his own political campaigns at home. You must create the change that you want to see. .
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/22/w...?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130322&_r=0
Obama is in Israel now, urging younger Israeli's to force their leaders to work for their vision of the future. That's an almost direct slap in the face to Netanyahu and his Likud party, which only won a narrow victory in their recent elections. In fact, the hard line Likud lost about a quarter of the seats they held in the Knesset and now find themselves having to negotiate with other, less hard line parties, to form a government at all. Support for Likud's radical policies is waning fast and Obama is trying to take advantage of that by inserting himself into domestic, Israeli politics.
How do you like that, Bibi? How does the right here like that? It was OK for Netanyahu to attempt to influence voters here, is it alright if Obama now does the same thing there? Why not?
Good job, Mr. President!