United States President Barack Obama, left, with Samantha Power, former Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights; National Security Advisor Tom Donilon; and Ambassador Susan Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, in the Oval Office on 5 June 2013. White House Photo
Dennis Ross, Politico: The inside story of Obama’s Iran strategy
What Netanyahu really thought of Obama, and other bombshell revelations from Obama’s disillusioned peace negotiator.
On Friday night, November 8, 2013, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked me to come by his residence after sundown for an informal chat. I was in Jerusalem, and he wanted to discuss the talks with the Palestinians and the nuclear negotiations with Iran. As it turned out, I arrived while he was on a secure call with President Barack Obama. When I joined the prime minister after the call, he was as disturbed as I had ever seen him. Earlier in the day, Secretary of State John Kerry had left Israel to go to Geneva to see whether an interim deal on the Iranian nuclear program could be concluded. The Israelis had been surprised that such a deal was suddenly on the brink of happening. Only a week earlier, Israel’s Iran team was briefed on the status of the talks, but White House National Security Adviser Susan Rice had not authorized the Israelis to be briefed on the actual state of play in the negotiations.
Update #1: Susan Rice's 'Combative' Tone Damaged Relations With Israel, Ex-Aide Writes -- New York Times
Update #2: Why Susan Rice Played the Race Card -- Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
WNU Editor: This is appalling. The Obama administration has used race as an issue to pursue its domestic agenda .... I guess all is fair when it comes to Washington politics. But on the international arena .... especially when it comes to international relations at the highest level .... this is a prescription for disaster with long term consequences. I am equally surprised that Dennis Ross .... a person who has worked very closely with the Obama administration and who is respected in international circles .... has come clean with this book. He is clearly disillusioned with what has happened ... . and needs to get this off his chest. Unfortunately ... it is too late ... the deal is done.
On a side note .... I am looking forward to Dennis Ross's section on the Saudis and on how they were treated/handled when they objected to the U.S. brokered Iran nuclear deal .... it is well known that they were/are even more upset than Netanyahu.
3 comments:
WNU,
This rather chimes in with my theory on how everything at the upper level of this Administration is viewed and done in the realm of "it's personal". It's nothing really all that new in the world, but people in general tend to see the actions of "State" as a majestic ship sailing along bound by higher principles, they would be surprised (and are alot) at the truth.
Oh Yeah, this guy had better be ready, because they are really going to go after him.
Hey Anonymous, don't hold back eh?
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