Turkey continues its anti-Israel agenda: Erdogan totally has Arab street creds now; he’s suspended all trade ties with Israel. Say, Erdie, you do realize that means the Israeli UAVs you bought aren’t going to be maintained, don’t you? Good luck with those PKK terrorists! Hope the Chinese have stolen enough American/Israeli technology to fill the bill!
Robert Gates seems to be a tad unhappy with Israel: Gates called Israel “an ungrateful ally” and further said the Obama administration gets nothing in return for the aid to Israel. That is patently untrue; U.S. Marines are training in Israel for door-to-door city combat. However, rather than launch a defensive defense of Bibi (to be repetitive and redundant): This is not good. Robert Gates should not be slamming Israel. It wasn’t good when James Baker did it; it’s not good now. And boy, aren’t the Israel haters going to make hay over this.
Speaking of ungrateful allies: The U.S. is spying on Israel—from the Israeli embassy.
World hypocrisy watch: The UN is complaining about Syria’s civilians under fire by the army. Will there be any action? Stay tuned.
Well, that sure goes against the narrative: More than three-fourths of those arrested in the London riots had criminal records. Really? No fooling? You mean it wasn’t a crime of the impoverished underclass fighting against the haves, struggling not to be a have-not anymore? Shyeah. If you keep up with the London papers, you know that the Brits rarely give criminals jailtime, do send to prison those homeowners who strike back at burglars in their homes, and give murderers the chance to get out of jail after little time served to murder again. Don’t blame the police. Blame the British system that insists that criminals be coddled instead of punished.
And Israel spends a good chunk of its aid and loans in the US. And it furnishes us with a lot of intelligence and cooperation regarding terrorism. And it provides us with a firm, stable, and reliable ally in an area of unrest and instability. And it supports us at the UN. And so forth.
On the other hand, an administration that informs the British that we consider the Falklands still a matter for negotiation, sells out the Czechs and Poles, supports an attempt to subvert the Honduran constitution, and offers an outstretched hand to Iran so it can fulfill its desire to join “the community of responsible nations” may well consider Israel’s unease over US policy to be ungrateful.
But look at the gratitude we get from Egypt for our years of support and billions of dollars.
This administration has got to go.