Bibi
Cancels Meeting With Obama, Demands More Money
Instead
By Daniel
McAdams
March 10,
2016 "Information
Clearing House"
- "RPI"
- On his own and through his proxies in what
is called the US "Israel Lobby," Benjamin Netanyahu
expended enormous political and financial capital in
attempt to sink President Obama's nuclear deal with
Iran. Though the deal is already done, the pro-Likud
lobby in Washington with the backing of a
significant number of elected Members of the House
and Senate is still determined to turn back the
hands of time to a US war-footing against Iran. They
may well succeed, particularly as most presidential
candidates have promised to rip up the Iran deal on
day one.
But Netanyahu is no dummy. Once he saw the writing
on the wall -- even if only temporarily -- he
decided to make lemonade from Obama's lemons. "OK,
you are going to go through with this deal with
Iran? Pay me! You want rapprochement and trade with
Iran? Pay me. You're not going to invade Iran? Pay
me. First I am going to humiliate you, then you are
going to pay me."
So Bibi's plan B is now in full motion. First he
blindsided the White House by suddenly canceling a
meeting with Obama scheduled for this month. Much
preparation had already gone into the meeting and a
last-minute
cancelation sent a very clear message to the
White House.
But the coup de grace is Netanyahu's
masterful manner of cancelation. He didn't bother to
notify the White House of his change of plans.
Instead, the news came out today in a
report by the liberal Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest tried to
put a brave face on Bibi's backhand, but his
explanation lacked believability:
There's no
reason to consider this a snub. I think the
question is simply a matter of scheduling. We
would have preferred to have heard about that in
person before reading about it in media reports.
I think that's just good manners.
Timing is
everything, and in this Netanyahu is also a master.
As Obama was reading in the media that his March
schedule just got a bit lighter, Vice President Joe
Biden was
on a plane to Tel Aviv with the White House's
latest offer of significantly increased US military
aid to Israel as a way of placating Israel's anger
over the Iran deal. Last year's $3.1 billion in US
military aid to Israel was no longer acceptable,
Netanyahu made clear. Instead Biden is expected to
swipe the national credit card for a super-size
contribution of between $4.2 and $4.5 billion in
military aid -- in addition to the customary half
billion in missile defense assistance and another
billion worth of military equipment stored in
Israel.
Touché, Bibi!
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