NETANYAHU SETS HIS OWN RED LINE-CRED TO BE TESTED

From JSwift News Service.

                                AMERICA ON RED ALERT

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that the international community must make sure those who use weapons of mass destruction pay a price. 

At today’s news conference in Jerusalem, when asked if that statement included Israel’s ally the United States, The Prime Minister responded “Above all, for those who know me, I am always consistent in the application of my points of view.”  He went on to say that he had never seen any evidence that the U.S. had deployed WMD so that “in the real world it is not an issue.”

However, the reporter who asked the question followed up by stating that  the most extensive use of chemical WMD since World War I was by the U.S. during the Vietnam war.  The reporter gave statistics on the usage of Agent Orange and napalm.  He also mentioned the use of white phosphorus in Fallujah and the U.S.’ employing depleted uranium shells and cluster bombs in its numerous wars.

The Prime Minister looked flustered.  Then, reporter Leah Gelson from Akhbar-Al-Naqab, who is the Helen Thomas of the Israeli press, stood on her feet.  To say that she and Mr. Netanyahu have had heated confrontations in the past would be considerable understament.  Ms. Gelson took the occasion today to bait the Prime Minister.

“Sir, your credibility and the state of Israel’s credibility is at state.  You cannot draw red lines, as you just did, against nations using WMD, and not engage in reprisals.  If you had qualified your remarks on the use of WMD to limit it to the present you’d be in better shape.  But don’t forget the use of unmanned drones by the U.S. which have killed thousands of innocent civilians.  They’re WMD.

"So, when are you going to maintain your credibility and attack the U.S.?," asked the Akhbar-Al-Naqab reporter.

“You’re distorting what I’ve said,” Ms. Gelson.”

“”You have no credibility Mr. Netanyahu.”

The prime minister evidently was ready to walk out of the press room but abruptly turned around and virtually screamed at the reporter.  “You’ll see, you’ll see what I’ll do to keep my word, my credibility , the consistent application of  my points of view.  You’ll see, you'll find out!" shouted Mr. Netanyahu.

Knowing that Prime Minister Netanyahu  has been unpredictable in the past in his dealings with the United States, and that he has rage control issues, Washington feared that there could be a  confrontation between Israel and the United States that neither side really wants.  But, In view of Mr. Netanyahu's remarks at the Jerusalem press conference,  Presidential Press Secretary, Roger Gibbs, said that Mr. Obama had no choice but to order the nation on Red Alert.