tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post5667467220164047990..comments2024-01-22T04:45:58.881+02:00Comments on Simply Jews: Binyamin Netanyahu (Bibi) goes to WashingtonGideonSworthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13951672633294843881noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-73246822440109716042011-05-24T13:32:58.195+03:002011-05-24T13:32:58.195+03:00Well, Pisa and Dick: I have nothing against assert...Well, Pisa and Dick: I have nothing against assertiveness. Only when the timing is right. And my beef with Bibi - I tried to clarify in that other comment.SnoopyTheGoonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-41316800979910656002011-05-24T13:29:16.060+03:002011-05-24T13:29:16.060+03:00What I am going on about is mostly Bibi's well...What I am going on about is mostly Bibi's well developed tendency to follow the events instead of finding ways to create or, at least, influence these events. For the time of his current term he has done absolutely nothing, hoping that the problems will just blow away, which the wouldn't as we very well know.<br /><br />And here are the results - the poisoned fruit of sloth.SnoopyTheGoonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-63635718910414999082011-05-24T10:48:55.125+03:002011-05-24T10:48:55.125+03:00I agree, Pisa. There are good and sufficient reaso...I agree, Pisa. There are good and sufficient reasons why assertiveness would be best.<br /><br />You may have noticed that Obama referred to "the dream of a Jewish state" as if the state was not already a reality, but was still in the process of becoming.<br /><br />Jerusalem's hat-in-hand routine encourages this sort of remark.Dick Stanleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-65919488574194817202011-05-24T10:01:12.947+03:002011-05-24T10:01:12.947+03:00I have to disagree with you, Snoopy. Look at other...I have to disagree with you, Snoopy. Look at other US staunch allies - like Pakistan, or other recipients of US aid, like the PA that constantly bites the hand that's feeding it, and the hand keeps coming back with more food.<br /><br />Assertiveness will work better for us that the ghetto-like mentality of most of our governments. After all, what's the use for an independent country if it can't decide what's best for it?Pisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234909.post-62729564903883392972011-05-23T20:22:10.906+03:002011-05-23T20:22:10.906+03:00Thanks for the link, Snoop. Permit me to indulge m...Thanks for the link, Snoop. Permit me to indulge myself a bit further here.<br /><br />All American presidents think they've been crowned king. Only later do they realize they are just part of a three-legged stool and can be overruled with ease by the other two legs. Thus Obama, who is among the youngest and certainly not the brightest bulb in the collection.<br /><br />If the American voters (and, therefore, the Congress) were edgy about Israel (which all relevant polls show they are not) then there would be something to worry about. As it is, this will soon blow over---unless Obama is reelected, which will give him four more years to make mischief.<br /><br />The worst I can see coming out of this is that his prattle about the June 4, 1967 lines has been picked up by the PA as a new pre-condition for negotiations. But the negotiations haven't been going anywhere anyhow and so that's no big loss.<br /><br />I like something else one of the commenters at EoZ said, which is that it's about time Israeli leaders grew some cajones and started talking about Israel's rights as a sovereign nation. Israel is not, as Obama contends, the mere dream of a Jewish state, but the absolute fact of one.<br /><br />So long as the American people are with Israel, and they are and it's not even dependent on them being Jewish, some assertiveness is warranted. No need to be constantly looking over the shoulder worrying about which American pol might be offended. American pols who attack Israel are too busy looking over their own shoulders to see which replacement candidate is gaining on them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com