James Baker was not a friend to Israel, but the Reagan administration never tried to harm Israel the way that the Obama administration is. Susan Rice says that Benjamin Netanyahu just doesn’t understand the deal.
Meanwhile, National Security Adviser Susan Rice commented on Israel’s public objection to the deal. “I think it’s important that everybody understand what the deal is that needs to be reached and then they can make a judgment on its contours,” Rice said at the Washington Ideas Forum in Washington, D.C.
Asked if Netanyahu didn’t understand the deal before issuing his harsh attack on it last week, Rice did not mention Netanyahu by name but indicated that he did not.
“Well it’s not done, so by definition it’s premature to judge it because the outlines have yet to be finalized,” she said.
That’s funny, because the WaPo has details of the deal. I guess Rice is sharing top-secret information with them, but not with Israel. Because that’s how you treat an ally who will be greatly affected by any deal with the country that is building atomic weapons with an eye towards using them on Israel. By insulting their leader while refusing to share information.
The deal is so bad the French scuttled it, but the Obama administration is still trying to push forward with it. With an anti-Israel briefing to Congress, trying to get Congress to back off on sanctions.
Nobody but Obama and his people think this is a good deal. Not the WaPo. Not the London Telegraph (which surprised me). Even Karl Vick (rhymes with dick) is noticing that it’s a very bad deal, though he does manage to slap Israel around while reporting on it. And when you’ve lost Karl Vick, well…
But it’s understandable that Kerry wants to close the deal. For him and Obama, it’s all about their legacy, and screw the safety of the world.
“Our hope is that no new sanctions would be put in place for the simple reason that, if they are, it could be viewed as bad faith by the people we are negotiating with,” Kerry said before entering a closed-door briefing with members of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, according to CNN.
“It could destroy the ability to be able to get agreement,” he added, “and it could actually wind up setting us back in dialogue that’s taken 30 years to achieve.”
And that is why we have what is probably the worst administration in American history. Because it’s all about them and their legacy, not about what’s best for the U.S. But sure, blame Israel for holding up a deal with Iran. Because why should a country care about its existence? Obviously, they have the wrong priority. They should also be thinking about Obama’s legacy.
I can’t even.
Pelosi said about Obamacare, “We have to pass it to know what’s in it”, and look how that turned out. Same with the Iran deal:- “Don’t criticize it until it’s too late to do anything about it”.
The administration is anxious to get the Iran deal done to give Kerry the credit, with 2016 coming up. According to that, Kerry will have accomplished more as Secretary of STate than Hillary Clinton, and he will be a formidable challenger.
I suspect that their real complaint is that Bibi understands the deal all too well.