The title phrasing is not mine, and shows just why we will miss Jon Stewart, and we might end up catching an STW [sexually transmitted war]
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As Chemi Shalev in Haaretz comments
Members of U.S. Congress greeted Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday as if they were the Likud Central Committee, in its better days, and he was the revered Menachem Begin, or the lionized Ariel Sharon: you could almost see them breaking out in a rendition of “Bibi King of Israel.” Cynical Israelis may feel they’ve seen it all, especially at election-time, but it’s still an extraordinary experience to witness an Israeli leader being received in the legislature of the world’s superpower as local hero and rock star.
Netanyahu was given a royal welcome. At times it seemed as if this was a presidential State of the Union address, but for the fact that the applause was more extended, the ovations more standing and the cheers much more enthusiastic than those accorded Barack Obama in recent years. Outside the Capitol, Washington seemed to stand still as the Congressional showdown turned into a daytime drama that attracted not only political junkies, but millions of thrill-seekers as well. In coffee shops and restaurants and on the street, ordinary people discussed the pros and cons of Netanyahu’s speech as if he was an all-American boy.
His conclusion is a stunner
Congress would be able to face down a determined president. And if by chance they do, Iran will have an easy time accusing Netanyahu and the Jews of sabotage and this time, especially if the resulting impasse deteriorates to armed conflict, Americans might ultimately agree.
From this point of view, Netanyahu is entirely right: for Israel, it’s an existential danger.
The right are hailing Bibi as the new Winston Churchill, which one, the Gallipoli Churchill or the World War II Churchill? Note however WWII had already kicked off and to replace Chamberlain he was the second choice to Lord Halifax, he also held that the enemy of our enemy is our friend, e.g Stalin and the USSR. Churchill loathed communism.
The right also cannot distinguish between Sunni and Shia, Kurds and the PKK, and cant really grasp that they are all Muslims and after all surely it is Muslims we are fighting against? What we really need to do to clam the situation in the middle east and join Israel in a war as a christian nation, they really cannot imagine how this idea plays out in the region. So they invite an Israeli Prime Minister to congress to warmonger us into a war with Iran, and this will somehow make the region stable?
This is merely a follow on for McCain's "bomb. bomb, bomb Iran" and they haven't changed their ideas one iota. There is only one way forward and there are enough Hawks in the Democratic Camp to allow this to happen.
The long term results in the Bush Wars were stunningly bad and many want us to repeat them? Honestly?
I hear the war drums sounding once again, at least for two more years we have a President that can and I believe will resist this outcome, after that who knows, I am not optimistic.
When the whole region looks like Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Libya and Syria will we be safer? Will Israel be safer? ISIS, Al Qaeda etc will not suddenly disappear, they will have an even larger base to call upon.
Watching how Bibi's speech was received by congress truly worries me for the future, I see a majority that are more than willing to make this regional conflict global. They will confirm the myth that if you do not have nuclear weapons you are open to attack at any time. After all nobody is seriously clamoring for war against Russia over Ukraine.
Just a worried thought. This was more than mere political games.