PrintSeptember 3, 2013
A Tale of Two Red Lines
On September 1st, an article appeared in the Times of Israel (emphasis mine):
"Netanyahu warns enemies not to test Israel's strength"
Speaking hours after US President Barack Obama delayed a military strike at Syria pending a Congressional vote, [Israel Prime Minister Benyamin] Netanyahu declared that "Israel is calm and confident. Our citizens know that we are well prepared for any circumstance."
He added: The citizens also should be aware that our enemies have very good reasons not to test our strength and might. They know why."
And so does the rest of the world, because when Benyamin Netanyahu warns an enemy that Israel will do something and states the conditions that will cause her to do it, that enemy -- and anyone else within earshot of the Israeli prime minister's words -- knows that he means it.
And when the current President of the United States, Barack Obama, speaks? Ummmm... not so much. Or as Elliott Abrams recently expressed it:
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