Earlier I published a diary attributing comments to PBS's Judy Woodruff that were in fact made by Liz Cheney. Because that's who the comments were attributed to by the Fox News transcript on its website. I apologize for repeating their inaccuracy.
The Israeli Right and NeoCon Republicans' are peddling the preposterous claim that President Obama has abandoned Israel and aligned the US with Iran. A distorted meme that some NeoCon Republicans including Liz Cheney have picked up on in an attempt to smear President Obama.
Fox News Sunday transcript
LIZ CHENEY: Look, the administration has now I would say since 2009 been looking for any excuse possible to distance the United States from Israel. You now have this unbelievable situation where we are aligning ourselves more with the Iranians than with the Israelis in the Middle East. And I just noticed something else in that interview that you showed, which is stunning to me that demonstrates this total lack of familiarity on the part of the president of what's happening around the world. He said we have got to evaluate what other options are available in terms of a two-state solution. To make sure we don't see a chaotic situation in the region. What in the world does he think is going on in the region? And from the Israeli perspective, I think you've got to say it makes complete sense that they at this point would not trust their security to an American president who doesn't have their interests in mind, who has done everything he can to distance himself from them and seems to be totally unaware at best of the complete and total mess his policies have created in their neighborhood.
Yes Liz that is unbelievable mainly because its untrue. Bob Woodward then jumped in ridiculing this bizarre and unfounded claim, eliciting laughter from the participants.
LIZ CHENEY (Identified as Judy Woodruff in Fox's transcript): I think it clearly -- sorry, Bob, but I think it clearly does change the overall relationship. You know, I was in Israel last year and they are stunned. They cannot comprehend why the president of the United States is obviously doing more to align American policy with Iran than with Israel. And you've got a situation now where it's not just the Israelis that are just completely baffled. It's the Gulf Arabs. You know, in the Brennan interview, he said oh, the Gulf Arabs know that we will be there to defend them. They don't believe that anymore and the Israelis don't believe it anymore.
WOODWARD: It just is not true that the president has aligned himself with the Iranians on this. Come on, he said, look, we're going to have intrusive inspections, is that alignment?
(LAUGHTER)
Fox moderator Chris Wallace then ends the discussion dismissing the issue as more endless disagreement endemic to the Middle East.
WALLACE: It's the Middle East, we're never going to agree. But thank you for disagreeing so agreeably. Thank you, panel. See you next Sunday.
Here's the actual video: