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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNetanyahu's gift to Iran
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4619293,00.htmlIt's a classical dilemma: If he gives up the trip, he will be considered a loser; if he insists, he will be hit for the third time. Netanyahu has chosen, at least for now, to insist.
"I will go anywhere to make the State of Israel's case," he declared Sunday at the beginning of the cabinet meeting. Netanyahu has a lot of faith in his rhetoric power. If you speak you do, if you don't speak it's as if you didn't do anything. That's the motto.
But even he doesnt believe that a speech, as successful as it may be, can force the president of the United States to act against what he sees as a vital interest of his country. All the more so when the speeches Netanyahu is slated to deliver there, and his actual visit, are aimed at sabotaging, humiliating and belittling the only person Netanyahu has to convince. Convincing through insult? There must be better ways to soften the president's heart.
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Netanyahu knows that there is no purpose for his trip, apart from its theoretic contribution to the elections in Israel. The decision to concoct the trip behind the administration's back has put Netanyahu up against not only President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry, but also the Democrats in both houses of Congress and some of the Republicans
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Netanyahu's gift to Iran (Original Post)
R. Daneel Olivaw
Jan 2015
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Cha
(297,655 posts)1. Yeah, he will go anywhere to make his case .. what he wants.. even if he's cutting off
his nose to spite his face, as the saying goes.
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)2. Iran can 'win' by doing the treaty now!
brush
(53,850 posts)3. I still say that trip will never come off
It's already been "pushed back" to March from February.
Netanyahu, seemingly blinded by his ambition and war lust, and Boehner, his judgment perhaps dulled by his imbibings, seem to have been taken by surprise by the number and volume of the negative reactions to the speech and are now trying to figure a face-saving way out of it.
I'm pretty sure some "emergency" will crop up in Israel, probably involving the election, that will necessitate that.
Chemisse
(30,817 posts)4. I think you're right.
The world has responded with a fury he probably did not anticipate.