Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Lieberman and Kristol Blame Obama

Normally, the likes of Joe Lieberman and Bill Kristol pride themselves 
on being the US troops greatest defenders.
So one would have thought that when both Adm. Mike Mullen and Gen. David 
Petraeus say that a country's actions were putting the lives of American 
troops in danger, that Lieberman and Kristol would be the first to 
condemn that country.
Well, that's not actually how this is playing out. Why? Because the 
country Mullen and Petraeus named was Israel.
A briefing given to Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen 
has said that that "Israeli intransigence on the Israeli-Palestinian 
conflict was jeopardizing U.S. standing in the region" and that "America 
was not only viewed as weak, but its military posture in the region was 
eroding." The briefing was said to have "stunned Mullen."
This briefing - and Petraeus's subsequent request to have the West Bank 
and Gaza put under his command - is said to have "hit the White House 
like a bombshell."
Indeed, the danger to American troops was further emphasised by no less 
a figure than the American Vice President:
     "This is starting to get dangerous for us," Biden reportedly told 
Netanyahu. "What you're doing here undermines the security of our troops 
who are fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. That endangers us 
and it endangers regional peace." Yedioth Ahronoth went on to report: 
"The vice president told his Israeli hosts that since many people in the 
Muslim world perceived a connection between Israel's actions and US 
policy, any decision about construction that undermines Palestinian 
rights in East Jerusalem could have an impact on the personal safety of 
American troops fighting against Islamic terrorism." The message 
couldn't be plainer: Israel's intransigence could cost American lives.
What was Lieberman's reaction?
     Making reference to Clinton’s remarks, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), 
who enjoys public grandstanding on other issues, urged the White House 
to be quiet on this one:
         “It was a dust-up, a misunderstanding. (Israeli Prime Minister 
Benjamin) Netanyahu has apologized, and the timing was unfortunate. But 
the second round of criticism is unproductive. I make one appeal — 
sometimes silence really is golden.”
And then there's this from Bill Kristol:
     On Fox News Sunday yesterday, the Weekly Standard’s Bill Kristol 
stated bluntly that the dust-up was all Obama’s fault. “This is a fight 
that the White House has picked,” he said. “I do not know, honestly, why 
the president chose to pick a big public fight just when it was all 
dying down with Israel.”
Petraeus couldn't have made his message clearer:
     David Petraeus sent a briefing team to the Pentagon with a stark 
warning: America's relationship with Israel is important, but not as 
important as the lives of America's soldiers.
There's certainly nothing in the statement of either Lieberman or 
Kristol to indicate that they take this anywhere near as seriously as 
Petraeus does. And, considering that Petraeus is talking about the lives 
of American soldiers, that's highly unusual for both of them.
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http://the-osterley-times.blogspot.com/2010/03/lieberman-and-kristol-blame-obama.html
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The Foreign Ministry itself is now pushing the idea, urging supporters 
of Israel everywhere to
become cyberspace soldiers "in the new battleground for Israel's image."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1162378505678&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

 down with Israel.”
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