However, Americans, including Jewish Americans, take no pleasure in watching their President being treated like a door mat during an election year. It makes Netanyahu look like he has incredibly poor judgment, which he does.

Oh and really bad visual aids.

America is not immune; things just take different forms over here.

Maybe you people in America have reason to begin thinking about that too.

The critical audience were Israelis and political leadership in Europe, US, and developing world.

The United States declared encouragement for the point that Netanyahu articulated as his recommended red line, and likely will adopt that definition and communicate it.

The danger with setting a red line is that you have to act on it if crossed. And, the Iranian regime has conspicuously reiterated, “we will not consider American and European demands in our nuclear policy”.

So, those two are a path to war. The TWO, not Israel unilaterally.

I don’t think Yahoo is pounding the war drums against Iran to deflect interest from Palestine as much as he simply wants to defeat Iran.

And if this is his goal, it’s clearly been a huge failure. Not one person who wasn’t already on his crew was convinced by his clown act. He gained not one minim of support.

And if you look at, say, the Financial Times this weekend, you can see that the ridicule is taking effect.

I agree there are reasons to be angry at Bibi’s speech. Here’s my version of this:
http://theonlydemocracy.org/2012/09/bibis-wile-e-coyote-un-speech-a-symbol-of-right-wing-politicians-disdain-for-everyone/

But I disagree that the comical aspect works in Bibi’s favor. If he thought he was speaking to the American public over the heads of the pundits – well, this part has backfired Wile E. Coyote style. As others commented, his Iran messages will now always be viewed with a huge grain of salt. And more specifically, if he continues to inject himself into the anti-Obama election campaign, he will do Romney damage not good.

I don’t see how making yourself a political liability in America is a success for an Israeli PM.

But that aside, he has definitely succeeded in making people forget Palestine even more. In essence his cartoon speech says that Bibi thinks he can present the Iran issue in the most ridiculous way possible – and still the world will not dare to dismiss him, will not dare to remind him of Palestine or of Israel’s own nukes.

And on this, sadly, he is right.

I think the Tea Party here hooted at the insult Bibi gave. But I think what I call the moneyed Republicans are worried–not at the content, but the almost slap to American power. Romeny is all for it now, but would not be if elected.

What I suspect you are lamenting is the failure of a sustained social organization (think Tea Party on the American right; unions on the left) opposition in Israel. It is almost as though you lack the low key, persistent organization that enables a later electoral shift. I think the summer social portests were slapped down quickly (assuming they could sustain themselves otherwise) to remove one platform for such emergent organization, a preemptive measue. Organization is not about publishing memes or even 972 pieces; it entails micro socio-economic aid among people trying to find a way out, forming groups with active ideologies. At present, Israel seems to be organizationally top down, vying for alienated voters.

I think the Tea Party here hooted at the insult Bibi gave. But I think what I call the moneyed Republicans are worried–not at the content, but the almost slap to American power. Romeny is all for it now, but would not be if elected.

When he started (radio not TV) I fought my inner groan for maybe a minute while he was tuning up on 3,000 years ago and then pushed the button. I recommend it – not to Bibi, I hasten to add.