Mitt Romney Puts Barack Hussein Obama In His Place Regarding Israeli Relations

It's about damn time that someone of prominence put Barack Hussein Obama in his damn place in regards to the way this administration has been treating the state of Israel.  Long past due, quite frankly.

From The Telegraph:

Seeking to exploit Mr Obama's frequently tempestuous relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, Mr Romney accused the president of being "fond of lecturing Israel's leaders".

"He has undermined their position, which was tough enough as it was," he told the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Reno, Nevada.

"And even at the United Nations, to the enthusiastic applause of Israel's enemies, he spoke as if our closest ally in the Middle East was the problem."

I'm just waiting for Obama to start his campaign of healing the wounds with America's Jews - he's losing that vote faster than you can say Bibi Netanyahu so I'm sure we'll see some speeches scheduled by Obama in front of AIPAC or such and claim he's been a rock in support of Israel.

In other words...he'll lie again.

Mitt Romney accuses Barack Obama of 'lecturing' Israel


The Republican presidential challenger indicated that he favoured a policy of much stronger support for Israel as he stepped up efforts to woo Jewish voters ahead of a world tour that takes him to Jerusalem on Sunday.

Seeking to exploit Mr Obama's frequently tempestuous relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, Mr Romney accused the president of being "fond of lecturing Israel's leaders".

"He has undermined their position, which was tough enough as it was," he told the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Reno, Nevada.

"And even at the United Nations, to the enthusiastic applause of Israel's enemies, he spoke as if our closest ally in the Middle East was the problem."

Mr Obama came to power amid a groundswell of optimism that he was the American president who would finally broker a deal to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Instead he has often found himself at odds with Mr Netanyahu's right-wing government, particularly over its policy of supporting Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank.

The dispute over settlements, whose expansion is seen as undermining the viability of a prospective Palestinian state, has contributed to an almost total impasse in the peace process for virtually all of Mr Obama's time in office.

Although he has tempered criticism of Israel as the US election has drawn closer, the president has indicated that he holds Israel partially responsible for the stalemate. Mr Romney indicated that a Republican White House would be much less critical, no matter what policies Israel pursued.

"The people of Israel deserve better than what they have received from the leader of the free world," he said. "And the chorus of accusations, threats and insults at the United Nations should never again include the voice of the president of the United States."

Frustrated by the lack of progress on the peace process front, Mr Obama has not visited Israel as president, a point frequently emphasised by his Republican critics and one which Mr Romney will be eager to reiterate when he arrives in Jerusalem.