Israel/Palestine
Related: About this forumIn response to damning housing report, Netanyahu demands Israelis think about Iran
http://972mag.com/in-response-to-damning-housing-report-netanyahu-demands-israelis-think-about-iran/103282/Immediately after the report was published, Netanyahu hit Twitter to strike back at critics of his policies. Only instead of trying to explain or defend his abysmal record on housing, the prime minister eschewed any real discussion, instead opting for once again warning about the threat of a nuclear Iran.
כשאנחנו מדברים על מחירי הדיור, על יוקר המחייה, אני לרגע לא שוכח את החיים עצמם. האתגר הגדול ביותר לחיינו כעת הוא התחמשות איראן בנשק גרעיני
בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) February 25, 2015
When we talk about housing prices, about the cost of living, I do not for a second forget about life itself. The biggest threat to our life at the moment is a nuclear-armed Iran.
Netanyahu: Israel's George Bush.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)But then I remember that Israel is really damn good at making bad decisions, so...
Aerows
(39,961 posts)It is a horrible decision. But Bush got elected twice (sort of) so I guess we don't have much room to talk about horrible electoral decisions.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)when confronted with any question about any of his disastrous policies, Bush the Lesser generally changed the subject to "the terrorists" and ordered the Department of Homeland Security (what a fascist sounding name) to increase the terror threat warnings.
Perhaps Bibi needs advice from the GOP about messaging and misdirection.
LeftishBrit
(41,210 posts)sounds like classical 'Look over there!' right-wing deflection.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)elect Netanyahu again, they can't possibly say they went into it blindly. He's misguided, to put it politely. Israel deserves better.