John Kerry Phones Netanyahu To Offer Apologies For Chickensh*t Comment

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US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday phoned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and apologized to him in the name of the Obama administration for the comments made by an anonymous US official who called the prime minister “a chickenshit.”

“I told Prime Minister Netanyahu that whoever made these statements should have known better. And even though I am sure he..I mean he or she..is probably very perceptive, experienced and bears absolutely no resemblance to Lurch from the Addams Family or Herman Munster, he should not have referred to Prime Minister Netanyahu using such crude language. And certainly not within earshot of Jeffrey Goldberg.”

“We also discussed how we can improve relations between our respective leaderships. Suggestions included more frequent communication, the occasional date night, and not acting like a coward. Just as examples.”

The above was satire. In case that was not already obvious. And no, Eminem is not converting to Judaism, nor did Dave Mathews immigrate to Israel.

16 thoughts on “John Kerry Phones Netanyahu To Offer Apologies For Chickensh*t Comment”

  1. Norman_In_New_York

    I don’t know the ultimate source, so I can’t reproduce the image, but I have seen side by side pictures of Kerry as a young antiwar protester in uniform and Kerry now, with the caption, “Times change, but idiots remain the same.”

    1. What is truly idiotic is to describe America’s involvement in the Vietnam War as a “noble cause.” This was President Ronald Reagan’s take on things. John Kerry had the good sense to oppose the war unlike this dunce. History has shown Kerry was right and Reagan was wrong.

      1. Norman_In_New_York

        I served in Vietnam 44 years ago. I feel that the cause was noble, but that that end didn’t justify the foolish and futile means that we used. Also, the South Vietnamese government proved to be an unworthy ally.

        1. I’m a Vietnam War vet, too, and I feel I along with my fellow servicemen serving there were used as cannon fodder for an ill-considerded tragic fiasco of a military intervention which resulted in the deaths of 50,000 Americans. Both Democratic and Republican administrations supported this terrible war, so this is not a partisan argument for me.

    1. Bibi just can’t win. He’s either a chicken sh*t for not having the spine to genuinely work for peace or he’s a chicken sh*t for not supporting the acts of religious zealots who want war with the Palestinians.

      1. The thing is, Jim, the war with the Palestinians is already here, and has been here for decades. It’s just a slow, simmering war instead of a rolling boil. And the longer it has dragged on, the bolder the Palestinians have gotten in their violence. Compare Israel’s security in 1975 to the decades since.
        The people who want to see a show of force aren’t hungry for war, they’re hungry to see the war finally end. And you don’t have to be religious to feel that way, incidentally. You just have to be pained by the killing and maiming of your brothers and sisters, and convinced by the overwhelming evidence that “playing nice” has paved the road toward increasing that, rather than the opposite. If going down the same “peaceful” road keeps having the same deadly results, can you blame people for wanting a firm “violent” change in direction?

        And to be clear, my point here is not to support Shy Guy’s crude remark.

        1. The Palestinians have shown themselves to be slow learners. They’ve been stuck on stupid for some time now holding on to the insane idea that they can achieve their objectives through armed struggle. But why give the Palestinians even more support from the world community by aggressively pushing them out of the West Bank by some military action? A negotiated settlement is still the only viable solution to bring peace to the Israeli people.

          1. Please don’t be silly and reduce this complex situation to black-and-white approaches. Nuance is called for here. Who says I’m advocating “aggressively pushing” anybody anywhere (although I will point out that nobody had a problem with Israel aggressively forcing Jews out of their homes, did they?).
            Personally, I’d like the see the IDF take off the kid gloves and start shooting all the rock throwers, Molotov cocktail throwers, and other terrorists from the bottom to the top. Go in and arrests Hamas’ “elected” leaders. Go arrest PA leaders, and try them for the murder and incitement they’re doing. Stop all “aid” except for basics – no luxuries of any kind. Teach these people that their chosen approach is a failure and it has undesirable consequences.
            And the international community has followed the same pattern I mentioned above. The more accommodating Israel has become, the more pressure has been applied and the more anti-Semitism has openly flourished.
            But anyway, regardless of the specific military actions taken, it’s foolish to talk about a “negotiated settlement” when one side has clearly chosen the sword/AK-47 and has been using that approach consistently since 1920 (or perhaps I should say 620) except for a brief historical blip of lip-service now known as the Oslo Accords that they quickly blew up with suicide bombers.
            After the Palestinians’ illusions of a transient, weak Israel are removed, then and only then will they perhaps consider going with some kind of backup plan like negotiations leading to peaceful coexistence. Until then, the war keeps going on, innocent people are dying, and people like you keep urging “negotiations” with the murderous, duplicitous Arab/Muslim-supremacists.
            Ask ol’ Neville Chamberlain how well that sort of thing worked out for him.
            So again, do we want to bleed out slowly, or to actually fight back properly in the hopes of maybe stopping the aggression of our enemies? What would you choose for yourself out there in cozy Iowa?

            1. Perhaps it’s not so important for either of us to come up with our own personal peace plan for the Middle East. What is important is to know what plans the Israeli government and Palestinian Authority have to achieve peace. Netanyahu heads a coalition government that has no coherent or consistent West Bank policy. Abbas is too pathetic and ineffective to be called a leader of anything. If you want a bold and dynamic manifesto on how to reshape the Middle East, go ask someone like Shy Guy here. As for me, I’m just a humble IsraellyCool commenter living in cozy little Iowa offering my two cents.

          2. To make a more succinct point, you admit that “They’ve been stuck on stupid for some time now holding on to the insane idea that they can achieve their objectives through armed struggle”.
            So look at history and tell me what methods have any track record of working to dispossess such people of their “insane ideas”. Give me historical precedents.

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