President Obama's 'Scary' Interview

Obama to Israel -- Time Is Running Out

When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the White House tomorrow, President Barack Obama will tell him that his country could face a bleak future -- one of international isolation and demographic disaster -- if he refuses to endorse a U.S.-drafted framework agreement for peace with the Palestinians. Obama will warn Netanyahu that time is running out for Israel as a Jewish-majority democracy. And the president will make the case that Netanyahu, alone among Israelis, has the strength and political credibility to lead his people away from the precipice.

In an hourlong interview Thursday in the Oval Office, Obama, borrowing from the Jewish sage Rabbi Hillel, told me that his message to Netanyahu will be this: “If not now, when? And if not you, Mr. Prime Minister, then who?” He then took a sharper tone, saying that if Netanyahu “does not believe that a peace deal with the Palestinians is the right thing to do for Israel, then he needs to articulate an alternative approach." He added, "It’s hard to come up with one that’s plausible.”

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Update #1: If He Believes It, It Must Be So: Obama's scary interview. -- Elliot Abrams, Weekly Standard

My Comment: Events in Ukraine have overshadowed this interview .... but what strikes me about this interview is the striking tone that President Obama uses on Israel. I guess his gloves are now off.

Update #2: This is a shocker .... the Washington Post editorial board is now accusing the White House of pursuing a foreign policy that is based on fantasy.