September 12, 2012 - 8:41 am
On Tuesday, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu requested a meeting with President Obama at the end of the month. The Israelis say that they offered to meet in Washington, while the Obama administration insists that no such offer was made. The Obama administration initially turned the request down, only to reverse course and hold an hour-long phone call with Netanyahu Tuesday night.
After delivering his remarks and taking press questions on the attacks on US interests in Egypt and Libya today, GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney took a rope line question: Would he have met with Netanyahu?
Romney’s response: “I can’t ever imagine if the Prime Minister of Israel asked to meet with me, I can’t imagine ever saying no.”
Right answer.
I saw a claim somewhere that Obama’s supposedly busy schedule that precluded the original meeting with Netanyahu included an appearance on the Letterman show. Does anyone know if that is true?
If it is, I think it is very telling. It would confirm that Obama’s priorities are on getting re-elected – imagine the bounce he will get by appearing on Letterman – and that his contempt for Netanyahu is profound.
As If there’s another answer? Oh, wait. . .