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babylonsister

(171,102 posts)
Sun Feb 1, 2015, 05:59 PM Feb 2015

Israeli Ambassador Jokes About Working To Undermine President Obama

Insult to injury...

Israeli Ambassador Jokes About Working To Undermine President Obama
By: Sarah Jones
Sunday, February, 1st, 2015, 4:45 pm


If your job was to ensure that your boss, Prime Minister Netanyahu, got everything he wanted from the United States, and you had royally screwed that up by plotting with the Speaker of the House to speak to the U.S. Congress behind the President’s back, would you think your best move would be to make jokes about picking sides on Twitter?

If your name was Ambassador Ron Dermer, you would.


After blaming Speaker John Boehner for the seismic breach in protocol he assisted his boss in committing against President Obama, Israel’s biggest ally, Dermer figured Super Bowl Sunday was a great day to kick sand in the President’s face by tweeting “Breaking Protocol, Choosing Sides: Go Patriots.”

LOL forever! It’s just nukes, y’all.

Max Fisher at Vox picked this up first and wasn’t impressed either:

Hilarious!

Just to be clear about this, Dermer is jokingly calling attention to the fact that he appears to be working to undermine the sitting president of Israel’s most important ally. He’s making a funny about how his plot to gin up a little short-term political support for Netanyahu has blown up in his face, harming not just his boss’s political chances but the very alliance that is his primary responsibility. It’s funny stuff.


So much for the idea that Netanyahu, Dermer and Boehner weren’t trying to undermine the sitting U.S. President. And well done, Ambassador Dermer, this is how you manage to alienate even the stragglers.

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http://www.politicususa.com/2015/02/01/israeli-ambassador-jokes-working-undermine-president-obama.html
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George II

(67,782 posts)
1. Israel has had the unqualified support of the United States for decades.....
Sun Feb 1, 2015, 06:57 PM
Feb 2015

....support from the right, the left, and the center.

However, they seem to almost be going out of their way to destroy that support and alienate the American public.

I've been a supporter of Israel since I was a teenager, but my patience is wearing thin and support is waning.

 

Demeter

(85,373 posts)
2. Our President has demonstrated repeatedly that he needs no help
Sun Feb 1, 2015, 07:13 PM
Feb 2015

He's perfectly capable.

And on the other hand, Israel has repeatedly demonstrated no ability to leave well-enough alone.

 

V0ltairesGh0st

(306 posts)
3. Israel must be made to understand.
Sun Feb 1, 2015, 07:25 PM
Feb 2015

The US is not their lap dog, and without our support they would not exist. Not the other way around. Netanyhau and his crew of instigators have another thing coming entirely.

calimary

(81,527 posts)
5. Welcome to DU, V0ltairesGh0st!
Sun Feb 1, 2015, 07:47 PM
Feb 2015

Glad you're here! No. The US is NOT their lap dog. Unless they think the new way to do business is to bite the hand that feeds - and bite HARD.

I very much hope netanyahu and friends have another thing coming entirely - like being kicked out of power in their next election. FINE way you treat your best friend, deemer.

calimary

(81,527 posts)
4. FUCK YOU, dermer!
Sun Feb 1, 2015, 07:45 PM
Feb 2015

Whose side are you on, anyway? Seriously. You can't possibly think what you just did was in the least bit helpful to whatever cause you think you're espousing, or can you???

FUCK YOU, dermer. I'm damn GLAD this is backfiring. I hope it takes you directly to unemployment, do not pass "GO," and DEFINITELY do not collect 200 dollars.

 

V0ltairesGh0st

(306 posts)
7. ......
Sun Feb 1, 2015, 08:02 PM
Feb 2015

I think Demeter is voicing true confidence in the President here.... calimary.... and may think Netanyahu is just as much as much of Poser as we do. As a ......new.... DU'er ...... -_- ..... i say let's not over react. Sometimes our passion get's the better of us.

Buenaventura

(364 posts)
8. Israel has had the support and best wishes of the United States government and the US people
Sun Feb 1, 2015, 08:14 PM
Feb 2015

for over 60 years. The neo-fascist Likud party has not. Netanyahu should be arrested for war crimes the moment he steps off the plane. A citizens’ arrest will do.

marble falls

(57,355 posts)
12. I believe Bibi believes he is doing the very best he can for Israel. He couldn't care less about ...
Mon Feb 2, 2015, 06:52 PM
Feb 2015

the US.

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