US partisan fractures deepened at the weekend following Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's reelection. With peace talks stalled, the Palestinians have attempted to win international recognition of statehood in the UN.
Republicans, however, downplayed the Israeli leader's campaign pledge that a Palestinian state would not happen during his tenure.
Senator John McCain was unfazed by Netanyahu's remarks, instead focusing his vitriol against the Democratic president.
"The least of your problems are what Bibi Netanyahu said in a political campaign. If every politician was held to what they said in a political campaign, obviously that would be a topic of long discussion,"McCain told CNN.
Comment: Yes indeed, and that topic would be: How often do politicians lie on the campaign trail in order to get elected? It would be likely that in McCain's case, that list would be quite lengthy. No wonder he's an Israeli puppy. They like their politicians to have no problems lying to the American public. Poor Bibi, actually being taken to task for what he said on the campaign trail. The nerve of some people!
"The president has his priorities so screwed up that it's unbelievable."
According to McCain, Obama should put aside his personal differences with Netanyahu and "work together with our Israeli friends" in order to put the brakes on "ISIS and Iranian movement," which the firebrand US senator believes is "threatening the very fabric of the region."
At one point, McCain went so far as to tell the US leader: "Get over your temper tantrum, Mr. President."
Comment: Nice try Senator, but despite these empty speeches to restrain ISIS, he is well aware that such groups are entirely the creation of Western governments to fight their proxy wars against government that refuse to bow down to U.S. demands.
Democratic Rep. Steve Israel, who appeared alongside McCain on the program, reminded that the fundamentals of the US-Israeli relationship are still intact.
"What counts is, are we providing Israel with the critical security equipment technology that they need? And on that, we are," he said.
Missouri Representative Steve King questioned why US Jews would remain loyal to the Democratic Party.
"I don't understand how Jews in America can be Democrats first and Jewish second and support Israel along the line of just following their president," King said.
Comment: Your check is in the mail, Steve King. Thank you for supporting Israeli interests in the U.S.
Meanwhile, Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner, who recently drew a harsh response from Democrats after inviting Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress without first notifying the White House, announced he will fly to Israel at the end of the month - the same time a deadline expires on negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program.
Earlier this month, 47 Republicans signed an open letter to Iran claiming any deal made under Obama could be undone by the next elected US president. The letter, which some labeled 'treasonous', was sharply criticized by European diplomats who are attempting to put the final touches on the nuclear deal with Tehran.
Ron Dermer, Israel's ambassador to the United States, said Netanyahu has always supported a two-state solution, however "what he's against is establishing a terror state on the West Bank that would create not another Gaza, but another 20 Gazas," he told NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday.
Riyad Mansour, Palestine's permanent observer to the United Nations, appearing alongside Dermer, expressed strong reservations over Netanyahu's comments.
"When we were divided they did not negotiate with us; when we are united they don't want to negotiate with us," he said.
Obama said he was in the process of "evaluating" his policy towards Israel in the wake of the Israeli PM's controversial campaign statements. The day before the March 17 elections, Netanyahu made it clear that he wouldn't allow the creation of a Palestinian state, while backtracking on the remarks following his election victory.
"I indicated to [Netanyahu] that given his statements prior to the election, it is going to be hard to find a path where people are seriously believing that negotiations are possible," Obama said. "We indicated that [this] kind of rhetoric was contrary to what is the best of Israel's traditions."
.... that one of the multitude of US Intelligence Agencies, (There are at least 17 major ones, and many minor ones, such as the worldwide Intelligence arm of the FBI, which is not supposed to exist but has been outed on videotape by Sibel Edmonds,) intercepts and listens to every phone call into and out of the Israeli Embassy in Washington. I know which one it is, but naturally cannot name it here. (It's NOT the FBI.)
The transcripts of these phone calls are then forwarded to the US President. Bobo The Howler Monkey Netanyahu, who grew up in Pennsylvania and speaks perfect colloquial American English, has been recorded on tape, (after decryption,) calling Obama a "Coon" and a "Nigger." (The Israelis think their communications are secure. Bad news, assholes. You spy on us, we spy on you.) For all I know, other Intelligence agencies have also recorded these conversations and kept them secret, but this particular Agency does not carry any water for Israel and has been only too happy to tell Obama what Netanyahu has had to say about him.
So now, children, you know just why Obama hates the little two-faced turd-person Netanyahu.
See? There are SOME people in the American power elite who have their heads screwed on the right way, and place the interests of this country above those of Israel.
This, of course, does not include McCain, who sang like a canary for the North Vietnamese, revealing all sorts of priceless information about American dispositions in Vietnam, which is (a) why he was treated so well and given superior and comfortable accommodations in Hanoi, and (b) why he is sincerely hated by every Vietnam Veteran.
So, Senator McCain, chew on THAT, until you choke on it. People know, and remember. They will continue to remember until your dying day, when you go to rest in the arms of your Lord and Master, Satan.