President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel hold a joint press availability in the Oval Office July 6, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Obama Deserts An Ally In Wartime -- New York Post editorial
What kind of ally refuses to send you desperately needed weapons when you’re smack in the middle of a war?
Apparently, that’s what the Obama folks did with Israel, which is caught up fighting with Hamas. It’s unforgivable.
The decision came, it seems, after White House officials learned that, unbeknownst to them, Israel had gotten mortar shells and grenade-illuminating rounds from the Pentagon to use against Hamas, as The Wall Street Journal reported last week.
Officials say they were “blindsided” by the transfer. But it turns out that it was done as a matter of routine: No OK by the president or secretary of state was needed.
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My Comment: The White House may feel that it is doing nothing wrong with these actions .... but fellow Democrats are now getting worried on what will be the political costs in the upcoming November mid-term elections.
2 comments:
grenade-illuminating rounds
That sounds really dangerous.
That is exactly the thing that an useless policy wonk with no military background should be micromanaging form the White House.
grenade-illuminating rounds
That sounds really dangerous.
That is exactly the thing that an useless policy wonk with no military background should be micromanaging form the White House.
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