The One spanks Netanyahu

     As the national Scold-in-Chief, The One has decided (surprise!) that he has no respect for the Israelis, which goes in the secret file named "Current Enemies who used to be Allies." (There's another secret new file in the White House called, "Current Enemies who used to be considered Enemies but we will now treat like Allies because we so identify with their politics and that they will soon FORGIVE us for our previous irresponsibility for hating their freedom living ways," but we won't get into that because we don't want to be accused of being a birther, or a hater, or prejudiced.)
     So, anyway, Scold-in-Chief received Benjamin at the White House; when he didn't like BN's reaction to his demands that the Israelis need to do what THE ONE says, Scold-in-Chief threw a hissy fit, snarked at BN, said, "I'm going to go have dinner with Michelle and the girls. Let me know when you change your mind," and walked out, leaving the Israeli leader standing, stunned, alone in the house of the people of the United States.
    Some people call this Chicago politics; you know, stiffing Sarkozy in Paris, dissing Brown when he arrived in the US, giving the queen of England an iPod with his speeches on it, handing over as a gift to the British prime minister and entourage a pack of DVDs that won't play on European players. 
    Yes, some could call this Chicago thug politics, no matter the so-called elegance and eloquence of the Scold-in-Chief. I would call it crude, rude, inexcusable, divisive, fractionating and arrogant. Yeah, that's what I'd call it.

Benjamin Netanyahu was left to stew in a White House meeting room for over an hour after President Barack Obama abruptly walked out of tense talks to have supper with his family, it emerged on Thursday. The snub marked a fresh low in US-Israeli relations and appeared designed to show Mr Netanyahu how low his stock had fallen in Washington after he refused to back down in a row over Jewish construction in east Jerusalem.