Vice President Joe Biden last week as he arrived at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.Gerry Broome / Associated Press
From L.A. Times:
Vice President Joe Biden tells CNN that the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be 'ill advised' to try to strike Iranian nuclear facilities.
Reporting from Washington -- Vice President Joe Biden issued a high-level admonishment to Israel's new government Tuesday that it would be "ill advised" to launch a military strike against Iran.
Biden said in a CNN interview that he does not believe newly installed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would take such a step. Even so, his comment underscored a gap between the conservative new Israeli government and the Obama White House on a series of questions, including the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and Iran.
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My Comment: In the past few days I have been posting articles on the worsening relationship between Israel and the White House. Vice President Biden is the highest official in the U.S. Government whose comments have clearly shown the strain in this relationship. Is President Obama the next official to comment on Israel?
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