Voters should challenge the administration's views on
Election Day
This week, the world was treated to yet another
embarrassing display of the Obama administration’s incompetent foreign policy.
According
to The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, various anonymous officials referred to
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as both “a
chicken****” and “a coward.” While these indefensible comments have
received the lion’s share of media attention, the substantive remarks about
Iran were even more troubling. Goldberg wrote that another senior official
claimed that due to their pressure on Netanyahu, it is now “too late” for
Israel to stop Iran from amassing an “atomic arsenal.”
White
House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told the White House press corps on Tuesday
that the President likely does not know who did this, and there is no effort
underway to find out. Other officials have signaled that these persons may be
disciplined in ways that are have not been disclosed. But, regardless, they
will continue to serve at the pleasure of the President because, as Earnest
said, such things happen almost every day in this administration.
In
other words, this is no big deal.
With
all due respect, this is a very big deal. This is an unprecedented attack on a
critical ally of the United States at a moment of international crisis. It is a
de facto admission to the mullahs in Tehran that the Obama administration
thinks it is too late to prevent them from acquiring nuclear weapons. It is an
inexcusable betrayal of the national security of the American people.
Do
the Democrats agree with what Obama administration officials are saying about
Israel and its leaders? Do they also concede that a nuclear Iran is inevitable?
If not, will they call on the President to identify and fire the persons making
these assertions? These questions should be asked—and answered—before Americans
head to the polls next Tuesday.
It
is my hope that Congress can unite to reverse this administration’s approach by
defending our allies and standing up to hostile actors in the world. When the
White House acts recklessly, Congress should swiftly act to defend our nation.
We will not be able to do so if the Senate is led by Harry Reid acting as a
rubber stamp for President Obama. Either the Democrats should denounce the
Obama Administration’s dangerous policies or the voters should send them home
in November.
As
disgraceful as these comments were, at least they bring crystal clarity to the
choice we face as a nation on November 4th. Choose wisely.
