Two Fox News anchors, Shep Smith and Chris Wallace, were very critical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his plan to visit the U.S. Congress without discussing it with President Obama.
Wallace said he was "shocked" and called the move "wicked." Wallace said that Netanyahu had met with Secretary of State John Kerry earlier in the week and said nothing about the trip.
Wallace continued: "For Netanyahu to do something that is going to be seen as a deliberate and really pretty egregious snub of Obama when Obama is going to be in power for the next year and three quarters would seem to me to be a very risky political strategy."
Shep Smith took note of the fact that in recent years, Israel has consistently rebuked U.S. efforts toward a two-state solution'
"George Bush used to say 'you must stop the expansion of the the settlements,' so what does Israel do? They move on with expanding the settlements. This president says, 'you gotta stop expanding the settlements," and they just keep expanding the settlements.' It seems like they think we don’t pay attention and that we’re just a bunch of complete morons," Smith said.Well, I don't know if leaving "News" off a couple of place cards could make the difference -- but this is pretty striking. Since when has Fox News taken President Obama's side in anything?
Ralph
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