October 13, 2014
Netanyahu's Plan
Benjamin Netanyahu is one of a kind among seasoned politicians. He doesn’t just think outside of the box, the Israeli prime minister makes boxes for men like Barack Hussein Obama. Take the perennial impasse in the Middle East, the so-called Palestinian problem. The atmospherics alone tell the story. Netanyahu has been to America a dozen or more times since President Obama came to office. In that same period, the American president has been to Israel once and even then reluctantly.
The Israeli PM addresses the American president as “Mister President,” while President Obama addresses the Israeli PM as “Bibi,” a diminutive of Benjamin. In this, Barack Obama comes across as petty and immature. Surely, there’s no love lost between the two; their relationship is a little like an experienced adult trying to reason with an insecure adolescent.
My way or the highway seems to be Obama’s petulant premise for any domestic negotiation. In...(Read Full Article)