Dog and Donkey Show

The Israeli government is not happy with President Barack Obama after he suggested Israel return to pre-1967 borders. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the original border when Israel was only about eight miles wide, is indefensible considering today’s technologies.

Then while at the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee meeting in Washington, D.C., Netanyahu was joined by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada.

“The place where negotiating will happen must be at the negotiating table — and nowhere else,” Reid declared in his speech to AIPAC,  “Those negotiations will not happen — and their terms will not be set — through speeches, or in the streets, or in the media.”

Reid made clear he viewed it as unfair to ask Israel to return to its contours before the Six-Day War, when Israel conquered territory from Jordan, Egypt and Syria.

“A fair beginning to good-faith talks means that Israel cannot be asked to agree to confines that would compromise its own security,” Reid stated, “The parties that should lead these negotiations should be the parties at the center of this conflict – and no one else.”

The idea of Reid disagreeing openly with Obama is refreshing from witnessing his usual ass-kissing — but truth be told — we’ve seen this dog and donkey show before. Reid was trotted out there by the administration to contradict Obama so American Jews wouldn’t abandon the Democrat party.