Christie Blasts Obama's Policy Toward Israel: 'Failure Of This Presidency'
STEVE PEOPLES – JULY 13, 2014, 7:48 AM EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Partly blaming unrest in the Middle East on President Barack Obama, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Saturday that Obama has not spoken firmly and forcefully on Israel's behalf and that the country no longer trusts it has the full support of the United States because of him.
The Republican governor's remarks came as Israel targeted civilian institutions with suspected ties to the militant organization Hamas and declared it would step up its bombardment of northern Gaza. Israel says it is acting in self-defense against Hamas rockets.
Christie cited the violence sparked by the deaths of three Israeli teenagers and said organizations like Hamas that are engaged in such conflict with Israel "need to be dealt with, and dealt with firmly." Obama has not done so during his presidency, Christie told reporters while attending a meeting of the National Governors Association.
"Israel is not sure that they have America's full support like they used to," Christie said. "And that's a real failure of this presidency, in my view. And I think the unrest you see in the Middle East is caused in some measure — not completely, but in some measure — by the fact that this president has not acted in a decisive, consistent way."
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Personally, I think it is funny how many people are so worried about the "Jewish"/Israel Lobby. 
Of course, neither exist, it is the "pro-Israel lobby", but outside of semantics, it is the elusive boogyman so many fear and revere, not realizing it is fantasy.
You are correct in saying it is to be expected someone like him would make these comments. More will come, trust me.
Either he's the absolute worst President in the history of this country or Republicans are shameless liars and crooks (like Christie). What does Occam's Razor suggest?
