Who's The Obama Admin Calling "A Chickenshit"?
David Harsanyi points out at The Federalist, about a senior admin official telling The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg that Benjamin Netanyahu is "a chickenshit":
It's worth noting that the person being repeatedly being called "chickenshit" by an anonymous officials volunteered for the Israeli Defense Force, saw combat, and was the leader of an elite special-forces unit deployed on numerous missions, including the freeing of hijacked Sabena Flight in 1972, where he was shot. Granted, this might not be as courageous as hopping the Amtrak from Delaware to DC each day or rallying the troops at a fundraiser in Greenwich, but God knows we can't all be heroes.
From Goldberg's piece, the US-self-serving nature of that comment:
This official agreed that Netanyahu is a 'chickenshit' on matters related to the comatose peace process, but added that he's also a 'coward' on the issue of Iran's nuclear threat. The official said the Obama administration no longer believes that Netanyahu would launch a preemptive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities in order to keep the regime in Tehran from building an atomic arsenal. 'It's too late for him to do anything. Two, three years ago, this was a possibility. But ultimately he couldn't bring himself to pull the trigger. It was a combination of our pressure and his own unwillingness to do anything dramatic. Now it's too late.'
Harsanyi explains:
At the United Nations a few years, Obama reportedly offered to do whatever it took to prevent Iran from producing atomic weapons in exchange for Israeli assurances that it would not attack Iran's nuclear sites before the presidential election in 2012. (And to think, Obama officials have the audacity to whine about Netanyahu's "near-pathological desire for career-preservation.") One side kept its promise. Obama has repeatedly vowed, since his first run for president, to stop Iran from becoming a nuclear power. Maybe that promise that never should have been made. Now, though, the administration claims it's too late. Now it claims American pressure helped dissuade Israel from defending itself. And now, there is nothing Israel can do about it.Knowing this, why anyone would expect Israel to trust John Kerry or Barack Obama to forge a peace deal with a Fatah-Hamas unity government is a mystery.








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Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at October 29, 2014 6:56 AM
Love that, Crid -- just tweeted.
Amy Alkon at October 29, 2014 7:03 AM
Once again, so-called Western leaders accuse Israelis of being sub-human monkeys, and then in same breath demand that Israel do their dirty work for them. Obama is and always has been absoltely schoolgirl-giddy over the Iran bomb, and it's no secret that his administration has repeatedly threatened Israel to get along, go along. Obama can't see fit to restrict entry into the U.S. by people from Ebola-stricken areas, but at the drop of a hat he'll ban Americans from flying to Tel Aviv because terrorism, or something. Obama does not want America to succeed. He has always wanted America to fail, and as long as he's been in politics he has pursued that agenda. And kneecapping Israel was an important step in that process.
It's too late for Western civilzation, folks. The Left has won. Now it's just a matter of watching events unfold.
Cousin Dave at October 29, 2014 7:16 AM
Its someone anonymous,who cares
Nicolek at October 29, 2014 7:43 AM
Its someone anonymous,who cares
Nicolek at October 29, 2014 7:44 AM
It's at least possible that this will blow open.
The rule of reportorial discretion in DC works like this: An agreement with a reporter to keep something secret is in force only until one party benefits from spilling the beans.
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at October 29, 2014 8:10 AM
Netanyahu:
Obama:
Which one's a chickenshit?
Conan the Grammarian at October 29, 2014 8:25 AM
Oh, yeah. One of these guys has earned the right to call Netanyahu a chickenshit.
Kerry:
Biden:
Conan the Grammarian at October 29, 2014 8:52 AM
HOW DO YOU DO THE BULLETS + INDENTS??
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at October 29, 2014 8:53 AM
Lists in HTML:
http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_lists.asp
Conan the Grammarian at October 29, 2014 9:00 AM
Crid, all you have to do is Google "html code for bullets and indentations."
Fayd at October 29, 2014 9:11 AM
Or follow the link I provided. Good stuff there.
Conan the Grammarian at October 29, 2014 9:20 AM
Can you do color? Photo? Music?
Can these techniques be used to Shanghai Amy's blog for my own uses in personal expression?
Be in touch.
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at October 29, 2014 9:23 AM
Kaus/Faster Feiler: 90 minutes later, Twitter is calm and blogs are napping... I don't think we'll ever find out who used the word "chickenshit."
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at October 29, 2014 9:44 AM
I haven't been able to make color work.
[font color=red]This is some text![/font]
And I haven't been able to embed photos or music or anything.
Conan the Grammarian at October 29, 2014 9:57 AM
Worth a laugh, though.
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at October 29, 2014 10:00 AM
Pro-tip: (In Chrome) View > Developer > View Source
Search on a text string to get to where you want.
Cut, Paste & modify as required.
Yeah, I know it is html plagiarizing. But it is a heck of a lot easier than reinventing the wheel, and retyping all those html tags.
Jeff Guinn at October 29, 2014 11:21 AM
Do you seriously, seriously believe that I'd steal material for a blog comment posted over my own name???
??
(Thanx, Dude.)
Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at October 29, 2014 11:59 AM
If there was one available, I would have a pin up of BIbi on my wall, in a place of honor right beside my shrine to the memory of John Moses Browning.
I have always thought he was the sexiest, and also one of the most intelligent men in politics.
No wonder Obama and Kerry are threatened by him.
Isab at October 29, 2014 4:26 PM
Can these techniques be used to Shanghai Amy's blog for my own uses in personal expression?
Posted by: Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at October 29, 2014 9:23 AM
We shall see - Thanks guys for the tips.
Michelle at October 29, 2014 6:17 PM
Hey, Javascript injection! Seriously, let's not start doing shit like that... if we do, Amy will have to shut the comments down.
Cousin Dave at October 31, 2014 7:40 AM
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