With or without you, Bibi, Mid-East peace is on the fast track.
Josh says on the main page that peace is the priority, and that it's not much an issue whether Obama topples Bibi from power; what matters is moving forward swiftly.
I fully agree, Obama wants results, although it's quite a snub not to visit Israel on this trip and instead go way the hell out to Buchenwald. I'd love to have been a fly on the wall for that scheduling. By this put down, Obama is saying, "I'm looking for something from you Bibi, and so far I'm not seeing it. You gotta keep me smiling or we're gonna have issues." Obama's from Chicago after all, and they don't react well to being played for chumps. Bibi's already been weakened by this (brought it on himself), and voters can see what a tough spot he's already in, right in the first inning. Some in Jerusalem have expressed concern (please forgive my childishness on that), but most Israelis understand, and Barack Obama's real point is,
"Look, Bibi, you play this right (and so far you ain't been) and there's a Nobel with your name on it. But you wanna try jerking me around, we can go that way too and maybe your successor can learn the lesson from it." The solemn Buchenwald visit instead of dinner at Bibi's place sends the message: "Jews we truly love. Land-expropriation that promotes bloodshed including ours we gotta take a pass on. And we want results very soon." In a way it helps Bibi, too: He can now tell his chauvinist cheering section that he tried throwing the low curve like they said, but Obama easily smacked that out of the park and now the coach will take him out of the game if he doesn't come up with something different quick.
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Now the one thing we got right
Was the day we started to fight
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on.
I fully agree, Obama wants results, although it's quite a snub not to visit Israel on this trip and instead go way the hell out to Buchenwald. I'd love to have been a fly on the wall for that scheduling. By this put down, Obama is saying, "I'm looking for something from you Bibi, and so far I'm not seeing it. You gotta keep me smiling or we're gonna have issues." Obama's from Chicago after all, and they don't react well to being played for chumps. Bibi's already been weakened by this (brought it on himself), and voters can see what a tough spot he's already in, right in the first inning. Some in Jerusalem have expressed concern (please forgive my childishness on that), but most Israelis understand, and Barack Obama's real point is,
"Look, Bibi, you play this right (and so far you ain't been) and there's a Nobel with your name on it. But you wanna try jerking me around, we can go that way too and maybe your successor can learn the lesson from it." The solemn Buchenwald visit instead of dinner at Bibi's place sends the message: "Jews we truly love. Land-expropriation that promotes bloodshed including ours we gotta take a pass on. And we want results very soon." In a way it helps Bibi, too: He can now tell his chauvinist cheering section that he tried throwing the low curve like they said, but Obama easily smacked that out of the park and now the coach will take him out of the game if he doesn't come up with something different quick.
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Now the one thing we got right
Was the day we started to fight
Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on.
