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ASIA TIMES March 25, 2013 [Re Low expectations color Obama's Israel trip, March 19, 2013] Despite a lot of garbage and ambient noise, let us be very clear about the president of the United States in Israel in 2013. About a year ago, you had the prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, in Washington, sitting in the Oval Office arrogantly and what some said amounting to bullying, lecturing the president. Then, being cheered on by the Israel-can-do-no-wrong crowd in the Congress, media and think tanks, the prime minister tried his best to guarantee the election of the president's opponent, Mitt Romney. As far as peace with the Palestinians, and a two-state solution, there was a lot of bobbing and weaving and the prime minister had to be dragged, kicking and screaming, to say those words. And settlements continued at a feverish pace. Now, President Obama in Israel basks in a resounding re-election victory, despite the prime minister's efforts to wound him politically. The prime minister, however, in his hubris, wounded himself politically in his own election expecting to be coronated, instead, barely surviving. Today we have a totally chastened prime minister, changing his tune voluntarily, declaring "historic compromises" in relation to peace with the Palestinians. That is something that must happen, successive Israeli national security advisors have been telling Israeli politicians for years. It remains to be seen if words will translate into real accomplishment. Further, after decades of Israeli leadership (including the prime minister), telling the world that Iran would have a nuclear weapon the next year, now the prime minister states "I think there is a misunderstanding about time. If Iran decides to go for a nuclear weapon - that is to actually manufacture the weapon - then it will take them about a year." What a difference a year makes in the life of a politician. Fariborz S Fatemi Virginia, USA (Mar 25, '13)
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