Israel Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon Slams Barack Obama's 'Weak and Feeble' Foreign Policy

[Purveyor]

Source: International Business Times UK

Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon looks at Israel's armed forces chief Major-General Benny Gantz during a visit to Kibbutz Kissufim outside the central Gaza StripReuters

Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon has launched a stinging attack on US President Barack Obama's foreign policy, telling the United States that "if your image in the world is feebleness, it doesn't pay".

Speaking at an event at Tel Aviv University, Yaalon criticises Obama's perceived weakness around the world in China, Ukraine and the Middle East.

"I heard voices of disappointment in the region. I was in Singapore and heard disappointment about China getting stronger and the US getting weaker," Yaalon said.

Read more: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/israel-defence-minister-moshe-yaalon-slams-barack-obamas-weak-feeble-foreign-policy-1440714

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Reuters: Israel's defense chief says U.S. projecting weakness

[geek tragedy]

1. ingrates nt

[TwilightGardener]

4. This is conveniently AFTER we handed over some $400 million for Iron Dome

last week. Weren't too weak and feeble to provide for THEIR defense. Turn right around and kick us in the balls as a thank-you.

[geek tragedy]

5. with friends like the Israelis and the Saudis . . . nt

[frylock]

3. let's pull all funding for israel and see how "weak and feeble" they start looking..

fucking ingrate.

[Helen Borg]

6. Moshe...

Just shut up, please.

[delrem]

9. Well, good old Moshe is Defence Minister, so has a huge pulpit.

Nobody with a pulpit like that will quiet down.

[elleng]

7. With 'friends' like this,

[Xolodno]

8. Playing politics...

...Its in Israel's interest to make Obama look weak in foreign policy......that way it influences the elections here by the populace to look to someone who is "strong" (despite that they may do the same thing) on foreign affairs. Certain groups in Israel want the occupation to continue...in the hopes they can get more concessions later. That's what they have always hoped for.....defacto recognition of annexation, despite the local populace wishes (this sounds eerily familiar). If they can't get that, then, they will take what they can get.

Obama is pushing to get this over with...the extreme right in Israel wants more time to solidify its holdings....why not? its not if as they are paying for it...we..Joe Taxpayer are.

[Lucky Luciano]

10. Hi Moshe, this is my dong over here.

You have permission to blow me, but only if you first tell Kristol to stop blowing smoke up your ass.

[EC]

11. Sure is beginning to sound like a

coordinated effort among the worlds right wing to make him "feeble" and "feckless" as they all have been declaring. I don't think the rest of the world wants the cowboy routine anymore.

[Dawson Leery]

12. Pull the aid package from these ingrates and let us see how feeble they become.

[Aristus]

13. "Weak and feeble"

Just like the Israeli Defense Forces would be if the US pulled all of its funding.

Asshole...

[tech3149]

14. The only existential threat Israel faces is it's own government

Israel has the 4th most powerful military force on the planet, thanks to US support. Their government sells fear and paranoia to justify their human rights violations.
Good luck trying to shame the US into standing behind Israel but unfortunately we provably will.

[Nitram]

15. One more sign

that Obama is doing a good job. A strong Israel supporter for years, I now don't believe a word their government says. They are only interested in expanding Israel's territory. It used to be about self-defense, but that was then and this is now.