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US anger at Yaalon's Kerry 'comment'
2014-01-15
[BBC.CO.UK]
Posted by:Fred

#17  Why didn't Yaalon mention Kerry's time in service? He did just what his Chinese paymasters asked him to do.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2014-01-15 22:41  

#16  As per #13 - Yuuuuuppp, but IIRC the Bammer wanted PM Benji to be the one to formally apologize on Isreal's behalf???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2014-01-15 20:53  

#15   ...oh crap...Israeli Minister Apologizes For Insulting Kerry

*sullenly* "I'm sorry I said aloud what everybody knows, that the honourable American Secretary of State, John F. Kerry, is an empty headed blowhard who is trying to get Israel destroyed. There, I said it Bibi. Now can we join our wives for dinner already? Chana made my favourite."
Posted by: trailing wife   2014-01-15 19:11  

#14  Doesn't bother me. I've said a lot worse shit about him than that. And for a lot longer...
Posted by: tu3031   2014-01-15 18:38  

#13  ...oh crap...Israeli Minister Apologizes For Insulting Kerry (LINKED)
Posted by: Uncle Phester   2014-01-15 15:25  

#12  ..truth hurts...
Posted by: Uncle Phester   2014-01-15 14:47  

#11  The White House said the alleged comments were "inappropriate" given America's support to Israel's security.

WH responds with a cheap and transparent threat. Weak move, and our enemies in the region can smell the flop sweat.
Posted by: regular joe   2014-01-15 13:28  

#10  "There is no Messiah but Barack!"
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2014-01-15 12:56  

#9  I agree with the Israeli, give Kerry his "Piece" bauble and send him packing before he does any more harm. Truth instead of lies is refreshing.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-01-15 11:02  

#8  I found the comments true and refreshing. Pompous twit would throw Israel into the sea if it secured him a Nobel and Legacy™
Posted by: Frank G   2014-01-15 10:29  

#7  Since it's a matter of life & death for us, we don't actually give a f*ck whom it angers.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-01-15 10:28  

#6  U.S. = White House

Then again, perhaps it's all the same to the Beeb.
Posted by: Pappy   2014-01-15 09:56  

#5  Given Kerry was actually rejected by the American public in 2004, one can ignore the claim the 'US' is angered.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-01-15 08:21  

#4  US Anger?

Did you try maybe voting for a fucking adult?
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2014-01-15 08:05  

#3  But then an Ally deserves better than to have a slimy democrat hack slug like Kerry climbing up their leg.
Posted by: Spereting Tingle4064   2014-01-15 06:21  

#2  "To question his motives and distort his proposals is not something we would expect from the defence minister of a close ally."

I agree. It isn't something a "close ally" would say. Perhaps the alliance needs mending and the deployment of a less buffoonish mediator.

By the way, does the Secretary of State have other duties, or is this just a method used to keep he [and his predecessor] out of town and engaged in meaningless, media diverting events ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-01-15 05:52  

#1  However, not everyone in the US is 'angered' at Yaalon's comments; some of us rather enjoyed them. Kerry sponsored precisely three bills in his entire Senate career; his ineffectualism (to put it mildly) is / was predictable.
Posted by: Raj   2014-01-15 01:30  

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