Can anyone in their wildest dreams see the US withdrawing support from one of its closest allies? Is there a sane person anywhere in the world that would say that Obama is will take revenge against Netanyahu by hurting Israel? Does anyone think that Obama does not mean it when he says that the US has Israel’s back? That a speech to congress will cause Israel to suffer any serious consequences? If anyone really believes that – I have a bridge to sell them.
But that does not give license to an Obama hating ‘shoot from the hip’ media hog, like Rabbi Shmuley to say reprehensible things about a woman that has showed continued support of Israel over her entire career. I am happy that all responsible Orthodox organizations have condemned it regardless of how they feel about this speech.
It is hard for me to say this about someone whose views I often agree with. Shumley is an observant Jew who usually has his head screwed on straight. Even as he loves the attention he gets… and does whatever he can to get it. This is certainly one of those times.
Shumley crossed a line here. He made a statement that he knows has no basis in fact. How much must one hate a President to smear one of his most trusted aides this way?! An Aide that has never been anything but supportive of the Jewish State.
I am happy to report that the vast majority of congress will be attending the Prime Minister’s speech. Tickets for the event are now being given for standing room only. The American people want to hear what our closest ally has to say, even though many of them have bought into the negative political spin being put on it by Obama supporters – both here and in Israel.
The potential agreement with Iran is something we should all be worried about. What is being leaked about it seems to indicate that at best we will delay their inevitability of becoming a nuclear power. Israel is ‘the canary in the tunnel’ as former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee put it this morning.
They are there right in the cross-hairs of Iranian Mullahs. If Israel God forbid goes, the United States will be its next target. The President knows that, and so do both houses of congress. Democrats included. It is time to put politics aside. I think the democrats in congress knows that in their heart of hearts. That’s why most of them will be attending, despite the politics of the situation.
I am not an Obama hater. Nor am I am Obama supporter. I happen to believe that he is an honorable man that is sensitive to Israel’s needs and means what he says about the US having Israel’s back. Even though I sometimes disagree with his policies he has shown his support for Israel time and again over his time in office. Relations between the 2 countries have never been closer despite the rhetoric that relations are at a low point. Don’t believe it!
As I have said in the past I am a Netanyahu supporter. I believe that even though he is a politician and does what all politicians do (everything they can to win) he is also the leader of his nation. There is no way that he puts politics ahead of his nation’s welfare. He believes in his message. He is worried about Israel’s fate.
As Prime Minister, he has at his hand all the information Israel’s intelligence community has to offer. No one has a better view of the situation than he does. And I doubt there is a better intelligence apparatus anywhere in any democracy than there is in Israel. As Israel’s leader he has an obligation to do whatever he can to protect his people. That is how he sees addressing a joint session of congress, despite the political fallout. Which in the long run is negligible at best.