Standing with Our Friends, Standing Up to Our Enemies

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Scott Walker:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint session of Congress this week. We should listen closely as he raises legitimate concerns about Iran — giving him and his country the respect worthy of a close ally.

Instead, President Obama and some Democrats have chosen to use this visit as a political football. This is exactly what Americans dislike about Washington.

Lost amidst the petty squabbling in our nation’s capital over protocol is the simple fact that the U.S.–Israel relationship is in crisis, perhaps the most serious crisis in our history. While implementing policy that rewards Israel’s enemies, the Obama administration has been questioning the prime minister’s motives and attempting to undermine his message.

Stop the pettiness. We must repair the ruptured bonds between our two countries.

The U.S.–Israel partnership has historically been a rare point of bipartisan consensus. Israel is our closest ally in the Middle East. Our countries share common democratic values, our governments work together daily to confront security threats, and our citizens are bound together by shared history, culture, and blood. This alliance has withstood wars, diplomatic crises, and personal tensions. Until President Obama, all U.S. presidents were dedicated to working out legitimate disagreements between our two governments in order to advance our common interests.

This president has chosen a different course. He has been uniquely indifferent to Israel’s concerns and uniquely accommodating to Israel’s enemies.

Consider the most important point of contention in the U.S.–Israel relationship today: the Iran nuclear challenge. Prime Minister Netanyahu comes to Washington not to provoke the president, but to ring the alarm bells. He has legitimate security concerns regarding the type of deal he sees taking shape. In his view, this deal is likely to leave Iran as a threshold nuclear state and provide the world’s leading state sponsor of terror with billions of dollars in sanctions relief.

Such a deal presents an existential threat to Israel. And at a time of extreme anxiety in Jerusalem, the president has reportedly ceased communicating with the Israeli security establishment while writing to Ayatollah Khamenei, supreme leader of a regime that repeatedly calls for Israel’s destruction.

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Bibi N. was more than conciliatory today when he spoke at AIPAK.
He must have had 20+ standing ovations, too.
Now, oddly enough Susan Rice and Samantha Power both came out gunning for him as if he is doing the most divisive thing on earth while JFKerry and Obama both came out tempering their previous statements….as if the ladies were being vicious on their own!
It is going to be interesting to note exactly which senators and congressmen are missing tomorrow.
If it is only some members of the Congressional Black Caucus that will really be something.
Of course, Mia Love is a member of that Caucus but she is planning on attending, so it can’t be 100% of them.
I read that some Dems, like Diane F., will attend.