The Netanyahu Confessional

[DemocratsForProgress]

Walter Rhett: The Netanyahu Confessional

Netanyahu’s “shrift rift” turned into a confessional with all the hallmarks of dirty politics. First, no one accepts an invitation from a “family” member unless he or she is certain the head of the house approves. Certainly, a national leader does not accept an offer to speak that bypasses the equivalent office he or she holds, when to do so undermines and embarrasses the very relationship on which your security and progress is built. Would it be a “family” issue if President Obama thought it important enough to bypass Netanyahu and take his case directly to the Knesset?

Every dirty political move denies its errors and intent; Netanyahu is doing the same. Every dirty move claims it is demanded by a higher calling: safety, security, liberty, survival are righteous claims. The details of truth that lay in the balance are overlooked because of the attention given to the dirty move—which is being carefully denied! Hence the cycle: it’s denied in order to deflect from the details of truth that disprove its claims.

Finally, the point of political dirt is disruption—and this Boehner/Netanyahu dust-up with Obama is as nasty as it gets—bypassing a head of state to address a national legislature is a collusion never witnessed in US history. (Not Britain, France, China, Russia, or any of the world’s 190+ nations have had the opportunity and disdain and disregard to do so!)

John Boehner is willing to risk our national security while embracing a war hawk who wants the US to be his pocketbook and national proxy; in Israel, some call him the Republican senator from Jerusalem, or is that Netanyahu?

More at: http://www.democratsforprogress.com/2015/03/04/the-netanyahu-confessional/

[TexasProgresive]

1. This from the article is an oxymoron, “Jewish and democratic state”

Israel can be Jewish or it can be a democracy not both at the same time.

[oldandhappy]

2. Israel is a 'taker' and we know how the repubs love 'takers',

unless we are talking about Israel.

[marble falls]

3. Disliking Bibi is not antisemitic nor antiZionist. Thanks for this reasonably worded piece.

[libodem]

4. Zealots suck

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