(06-14-09)"Israel's Foreign Minister cozies up to Moscow'(The New York Times)

[Wyoming Dem]

This is Israel GIVING BARACK OBAMA THE FINGER. And what I'd really like to know is WHERE IN THE HELL are we going to find another ally in that "neck of the woods"? Sure...throw out 50+ years of co-operation and "watching each other's back" to make apologies to the Arab world. I am just sure that they are "accepting" of Obama's apologies and that is the end of Jihad, terrorism and anything else that is anti-American. If I were Israel, I would be giving Obama more than "the finger"...I would be showing him the door.

“Would you mind speaking without an interpreter?” Vladimir V. Putin asked, and his visitor, Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s new foreign minister, responded that he could not imagine doing business any other way. The two then chatted in Russian, as if their meeting this month were a homecoming for a local boy who made good.

In some sense, it was. Mr. Lieberman is an immigrant from the former Soviet Union, and the notably warm reception that he received in Russia could be a sign of things ahead. His hard-line positions have disquieted the Obama administration, but in Moscow, there was no such squeamishness.


SOURCE (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/weekinreview/14levy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss)

Posturing or not, Obama makes a grievous error in alienating Israel.

[NativeSun]

I cannot find any reason why Israel would cozy up to Russia whatsoever. One of the reasons Iran is being antagonistic towards Israel and the West is because of Russia's lack of concern. And they should not forget how jews were treated in the Soviet Union. I really don't feel that the sentiment towards jews in Russia has changed much since the hammer-and-sickle flag was lowered. Good luck with your new friends!

[Wyoming Dem]

I cannot find any reason why Israel would cozy up to Russia whatsoever. One of the reasons Iran is being antagonistic towards Israel and the West is because of Russia's lack of concern. And they should not forget how jews were treated in the Soviet Union. I really don't feel that the sentiment towards jews in Russia has changed much since the hammer-and-sickle flag was lowered. Good luck with your new friends!
And I agree but this is just "sending Obama a message" and nothing more. Rather telling as regards Israel's opinion on Obama and his speech to the Arab world.