Joe Klein took Netanyahu to task yesterday on Morning Joe, in a few moments that made Bob Wright’s day:
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I don’t think I’ve ever, in the 40 years I’ve been doing this, have
heard of another of an American ally trying to push us into war as
blatantly and trying to influence an American election as blatantly as
Bibi Netanyahu and the Likud party in Israel is doing right now. I think
it’s absolutely outrageous and disgusting. It’s not a way that friends
treat each other. And it is cynical and it is brazen. And by the way, a
little bit of history here: In December of 2006, George W. Bush went
over to the Pentagon, met with the joint chiefs of staff and asked them,
“What do you think about military action in Iran?†They were
unanimously opposed to it. And as far as I know, the United States
military, the leaders of the United States military, are unanimously
opposed to it to this day. This is a fool’s errand. It would be a
ridiculous war with absolutely no good coming of it.
Klein elaborates at his blog:
Netanyahu is doing two things that should be intolerable for any patriotic American: he is a foreigner trying to influence our presidential campaign and he is a foreigner trying to shove us into a war of choice in a region where far too many Americans have already died needlessly. The Romney campaign–as well as AIPAC, the AJC and every other American Jewish organization–should make it clear to Netanyahu that his interventions into our political process and policy-making are not welcome here.
Recent Dish on Netanyahu here and here.
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