A Timeless Theme: Whatever Bibi Wants, Bibi Gets

Someone has summed up my posts on Netanyahu- look for the tag on the right hand side of the blog to list them.

Whatever Bibi Wants, Bibi Gets
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/10/21/he_got_playedhttp://www.thejerusalemfund.org/ht/display/ContentDetails/i/7399/pid/2254


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Variation on a theme; same idea, different official:
Olmert’s arrogance-
http://notanotherpoliticalblog-j.blogspot.com/search/label/Olmert

Admin Won’t Contradict Olmert Claim on Ceasefire
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/1/14/headlines#8

"In the night between Thursday and Friday, when the secretary of state wanted to
lead the vote on a ceasefire at the Security Council, we did not want her to
vote in favour," Olmert said.
"I said 'get me President
Bush on the phone'. They said he was in the middle of giving a speech in
Philadelphia. I said I didn't care. 'I need to talk to him now'. He got off the
podium and spoke to me.
"I told him the United States
could not vote in favour. It cannot vote in favour of such a resolution. He
immediately called the secretary of state and told her not to vote in favour."

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And Sharon’s infamous arrogance-
http://www.wrmea.com/html/newsitem_s.htm

Sharon to Peres:

"every time we do something you tell me Americans will do this and will do that.
I want to tell you something very clear, don't worry about American pressure on
Israel, we, the Jewish people control America, and the Americans know it."

--Occupied Jerusalem: 3 October, 2001 (IAP News, Kol Yisrael Radio)
http://www.rense.com/general45/sharonsinfamouscomment.htm

get me President Bush on the phone

If Olmert's right, what kind of special friend are they? If he's blowing smoke and lying to everyone's face, what kind of friend are they??

If we'd cut our ties with Israel, I'd be willing to bet our risk for a terrorist attack would be down at least- what's the lowest level? - purple? It'd be a lot lower than now, when we are best friends with a loose cannon, literally.

Rice shame-faced by Bush over UN Gaza vote: Olmert
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gD-QcI_C-CrcqfSZBh6A5_e514Zw

Admin Won’t Contradict Olmert Claim on Ceasefire
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/1/14/headlines#8

"In the night between Thursday and Friday, when the secretary of state wanted to lead the vote on a ceasefire at the Security Council, we did not want her to vote in favour," Olmert said.

"I said 'get me President Bush on the phone'. They said he was in the middle of giving a speech in Philadelphia. I said I didn't care. 'I need to talk to him now'. He got off the podium and spoke to me.

"I told him the United States could not vote in favour. It cannot vote in favour of such a resolution. He immediately called the secretary of state and told her not to vote in favour."

Maybe we don’t want to admit it, but this seems more in line with history than our backpedaling response- "oh, that was the plan all along."