Used to be additional mortar and tank rounds were provided on Israel’s request. Now they, and more Hellfire missiles, require specific review by the Great Divider.
“A top Israeli official said the rift runs [deep]. ‘We’ve been there before with a lot of tension with us and Washington. What we have now, on top of that, is mistrust and a collision of different perspectives on the Middle East,’ the official said. ‘It’s become very personal.'”
“According to US officials cited in the Wall Street Journal report, the Wednesday night phone call between Obama and Netanyahu was ‘particularly combative.'”
Yeah, I’ll bet. Which underscores previous reports (officially denied) of Obamaloot’s imperious “demand” that Bibi halt Israel’s Gaza op.
Via Wall Street Journal and Artuz Sheva
UPDATE: “We have to become more reliant on our defense and weapons capabilities and less on the United States, at least so long as this administration is in power. ‘Most pro-Israel administration evah’? You got to be kidding.”
MORE: Of course when he’s caught out, the Worm immediately pleads misunderstanding. Self-reliance would be best, however, since American pols can no longer be trusted to stick in private to policies stated in public. In other words, they’re liars.
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