Israeli Pundits and Politicians

I watched the meeting today between Obama and Netenyahu and it was refreshing to see the Israeli Prime Minister take this "man-child" to the woodshed and teach him what leadership is all about.

But I find it amusing how the political pundits and the politicians have "analyzed" the situation between Israel and the US after Obama's speech Thursday and this meeting today.

I have been to Israel and have a basic understanding of the Israeli situation, and have to laugh at the pundits after this week events. Obama was given a verbal spanking by Netenyahu today but afterwards I watched a democratic pundit say: " Obama is brilliant, this is a chess game he is playing and he knows exactly what he is doing". Who the hell pays these people to make such stupid comments?

If you are even a casual student of history or have read bible history, it has to be clear that there is no way the Israelis will accept a compromise that might sacrifice their security or make them give up their homeland. I visited Israel in the late sixties after the 'six day war' and the one message that came through loud and clear from all the Israelis I talked to was; "No retreating and to the last man there will never be another Holocaust".

I don't know if Obama is a Muslim sympathizer or if he and his advisers are just plain stupid. But I know that in one short speech this week Obama moved the peace talks back a decade. Netenyahu told Obama in no uncertain terms on national TV today that there will be no retreating from the 1967 borders and unless we change our "new" policy towards the Israel/Palestinian problem, there will never be a peace treaty.

It's pathetic when the leader of a small country like Israel can make our President look like such a novice. But in the words of that great philosopher Forrest Gump; "Stupid is as stupid does".