Prior to the elections that brought Netanyahu back as the prime minister, I had hoped that Tzipi Livni would win. I didn't know much about Livni, but never cared for Netanyahu ... If Livini had become the PM, there is a good probability that incidents such as the metaphorical slap on Joe Biden's face, or the crazy Dubai killing, or the latest one--the commando assault on the Gaza aid flotilla--might not have happened ...
Like we didn't have enough problems already!!!
Turkey is ready to sever diplomatic ties with Israel. The US is in one hell of a tough spot now: it will find it difficult to condemn Israel's actions. If it is not categorical in critiquing Israel, then the US will lose that much more ground in the Islamic world. This will make the US' job in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan even more difficult. I would assume that by now Obama's big time speech in Cairo has been thrown into the trash ...
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