Robert Gates Says Israel Is an Ungrateful Ally: Jeffrey Goldberg
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Sept. 6 (Bloomberg) -- It was an extraordinary scene:President Barack Obama, sitting impassively in the OvalOffice in May as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahulectured him, at considerable length and at timescondescendingly, on Jewish history, Arab perfidy and theexistential challenges facing his country.
What was extraordinary wasn’t the message -- it wasnot an untypical Netanyahu sermon. What was notable wasthat Netanyahu was lecturing the president live ontelevision, during a photo opportunity staged so that thetwo leaders could issue platitudes about the enduring bondsbetween their nations.