Friday, January 23, 2015

Obama won’t meet Netanyahu during ‘bizarre,’ ‘historic,’ ‘unprecedented’ visit

The Congressional invitation to Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to both houses of Congress, purposely upstaging President Obama’s State of the Union speech on Iran and terrorism the morning after, is a shocker that the MSM can’t ignore.

Last night on NBC Nightly News Chris Jansing called the move an “unprecedented breach” in protocol–allowing a foreign leader to counter the president in the House chamber. The New York Times is far more careful in its treatment, but not Barak Ravid at Haaretz. He says that the invitation was “cooked up” nearly two weeks ago, “behind Obama’s back.” .... http://mondoweiss.net