President Obama Shocks Israeli Press With ‘New America’ Remarks

[Purveyor]

Published On: Mon, Apr 20th, 2015

Israeli television and print reporters said that “jaws dropped” following President Obama’s apparent defense of a Russian decision last week to lift a ban on selling high-tech anti-aircraft missiles to Iran, which Israel worries could complicate possible future efforts to strike Iranian nuclear facilities.

The Times of Israel described the discussion of Obama’s comments on Israel Channel 10’s Friday news broadcast: “Jaws dropped around the studio, said the Channel 10 News diplomatic commentator Ben Caspit, as news broke of Obama’s declared empathy for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to supply Tehran with the S-300 missile defense system…”

“Obama is something else,” Caspit added. “He’s decided to take America out of the wars…The station’s news anchor, Alon Ben David, chipped in, ‘He’s amazed that the Russians honored an agreement with him [for this long]? That’s what is astonishing.'”

Responded Caspit, “This is the new America. We had better get used to it.”

“I will tell you this is actually a sale that was slated to happen in 2009,” Obama said at a White House news conference with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. “When I first met with then-Prime Minister Putin, they actually stopped the sale, paused or suspended the sale at our request. And I’m, frankly, surprised that it held this long, given that they were not prohibited by sanctions from selling these defensive weapons.”

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[okaawhatever]

1. The headline is misleading. Obama didn't make the New America statement, Caspit did. I realize

they said 'New America' REMARKS, and not that he made the new America statement, but still. B.S. headline.

I didn't know that sale was supposed to go through in 2009 and I didn't know it wasn't forbidden under sanctions. I guess there's nothing we can do then. I don't know how much effort the US should put forth as long as Bibi and the far right coalition are in power. It seems that nothing will really be accomplished.

I'e read Bibi is having trouble building a coalition. If he forms with the center Left party they may be easier to work with.

[betterdemsonly]

2. Why the heck don't Israelis understand that America doesn't want to fund ISIS

isis in order to overthrow Assad? Frankly if they prefer Isis over Assad they are morons, or they are evil shits that don't actually care about their own people. Just want an evil boogieman to help divert them from the need for two states.