Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Will Obama Upstage Netanyahu? [Dan from New York]

Dan from New York:

Obama may preempt PM's Congress speech with his own plan (Reuters)


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to speak to Congress at the invitation of (Republican) Speaker Boehner. He will make his address on May 24. Netanyahu was expected to present new Israeli proposals to get the “peace process” back on track, but that was before the terrorist organization Hamas remarried the “moderate” group Fatah. Now the pressure is off and Israeli political sources say Netanyahu sees no need “to outline any far-reaching peace proposals.”

Where does that leave Obama? The White House signaled that Obama would deliver a major address on Middle East policy "fairly soon." According to a senior administration official, Obama will meet the Israeli Prime Minister at (the front door of?...) the White House on May 22 and is considering giving his speech before he leaves on a trip to Europe early in the week of May 22.

You do the scheduling. Is Obama so obsessed with backing Israel into a corner that he’ll buck both protocol and political prudence to publicly contradict a head of state, an ally and a guest of Congress just two days before Netanyahu’s remarks? This should be interesting, and we’ll soon find out.


1 comment:

Georg Felis said...

I would say this is a *better* time for Netanyahu to give his speech. If Obama were to speak second, his speech could be paraphrased as "Mr. Netanyahu really meant this...." and thats all the MSM would carry. Speaking second allows the speech to point out the logical flaws and inconsistencies in Obama's speech that the MSM will try to gloss over as always. It will still be hard to overcome the MSM mindless drones, but it should allow a stunning rebuttal. Now if anybody hears it....