Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs
The Obama regime continues to betray America’s strongest ally and the only stable democracy in the Middle East.
“Why everyone’s losing trust in America,” by Benny Avni, New York Post, July 31, 2014:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is such “a stubborn head” that he “refuses to understand anything.” So says Secretary of State John Kerry, reports the French weekly Le Canard Enchaine.
Though satirical, Le Canard is known for excellent ties with French political insiders — especially with the Foreign Office in Paris, where, according to the paper, Kerry mocked the Israeli leader to several foreign ministers while seeking a Gaza cease-fire last week.
Bad enough to bad-mouth an allied leader to Europeans who’ve been less than supportive of your ally. Worse to do it also in the presence of officials of two nations that are patrons of the terrorists that ally is now fighting. Worst of all to do it where your foolish comments will get leaked to the public.
That Le Canard dropped its scoop Wednesday, after a host of Obama officials had spent days insisting that Kerry supports Israel, is just more salt in the wound.
This is not just about Israel. It’s about every nation pondering what it means to be a US ally.
The Jewish state, after all, is actively fighting a bitter enemy, as its reputation as a civilized nation is smeared around the world, its legitimate war compared to the Nazis’ extermination camps.
At such times, Israel needs...
No comments:
Post a Comment