Netanyahu, his pants on fire, brings torch to Washington: Burman

Next Tuesday morning, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s alarmist-in-chief, will make a mockery of American democracy by going to Washington to speak to a formal session of the U.S. Congress. Ostensibly, he has been invited by Congressional Republicans to repeat his government’s wild-eyed warnings about the “existential” threat of Iran.

But more to the point, this is about a spineless politician coming to the end of an Israeli election campaign, willing to do anything to wreck a potential deal with Iran and, in the process, eager to give the finger to his archenemy, President Barack Obama.

Netanyahu’s visit was initiated by House Speaker John Boehner and Israel’s U.S. ambassador but without consultation with the White House. This breach of protocol has produced anxious division among American Jews and partisan conflict among U.S. politicians. Dozens of Democrats, including Vice-President Joe Biden, will skip the event.

It has also caused a firestorm in Israel. Accusing Netanyahu of treating the U.S. like a “banana republic,” journalist Oudeh Basharat wrote in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz: “It’s not a speech. Nor is it Israeli chutzpah. For all intents and purposes, it’s a coup.”
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/02/28/netanyahu-his-pants-on-fire-brings-torch-to-washington-burman.html

Harper better watch out. Obama may connect the dots.