For a head of government to visit the White House and not pose for photographers is rare. For a key ally to be left to his own devices while the President withdraws to have dinner in private was, until this week, unheard of. Yet that is how Benjamin Netanyahu was treated by President Obama on Tuesday night, according to Israeli reports on a trip viewed in Jerusalem as a humiliation. (Fox News, 3/26/10)
President Obama continues his assault on friends of America. He stiffs our Eastern European allies on missile defense, takes the Dalai Llama out the back door of the White House and now leaves Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in the lurch. Reports say he went to have dinner with Michelle, but RedStateVT is investigating claims that he really went to watch Wheel of Fortune. Gotta pay for that health care bill somehow.
Retired Colonel Ralph Peters appearing on Fox News had an interesting take on why Obama would engage in such an egregious breach of diplomatic protocol. Namely that he was brought up surrounded by leftists, from his mother to Bill Ayers, all of whom vilify Israel. So add American supporters of Israel to the list of constituencies including insurance company employees, seniors and independents that Obama has now offended. The only wonder is why his approval rating is as high as the forties. Give it time.
It's hard to see the difference between Obama's foreign policy and that of an American enemy. Let's suppose Hugo Chavez was elected U.S. president. Would our foreign policy be that all that much different? The language would be harsher - and more long winded - to be sure, but would the substance be all that much different? I don't think so.
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