Bibi's $ allocation for Iran strike is bluster. http://www.haaretz.com/mobile/1.580701?v=DE0371CA8975EEED27018F3B6C0F222B …. This Bogie flap is the real story this am: http://www.haaretz.com/mobile/.premium-1.580654?v=3BD79F67C3778C249FE5546581695BEE …
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Bibi was going to allocate those funds anyway. It was just a little sh*t-o-gram for Khamenei.
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But this the second major time Israel's DM lashed out at the WH. He's clearly frustrated. And now so is the WH.
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@JSchanzer he's frustrated, but he's also playing politics here and positioning himself for the post-Bibi era0 retweets 0 likes -
@mkoplow I saw that bit of analysis. He's certainly playing right. But I'm not sold. Israelis don't want a leader reviled in DC2 retweets 0 likes -
@JSchanzer it's not about Israeli politics writ large but about Likud. In particular, he's setting himself up against Lieberman0 retweets 0 likes -
@mkoplow You may be right re: Likud. But likely a losing long-term strategy for him. Meantime, fair to focus on frustration which is real0 retweets 0 likes -
@JSchanzer I’m not sure that it is. The mood in Israel re: the U.S. has palpably shifted in the quarters in which Ya’alon travels.0 retweets 0 likes
@mkoplow Undoubtedly. And Yaalon position further informed, I believe, by failure of pentagon to deliver on some key systems for Iran strike
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