Obama Appears "Feeble" to the World — Says Israel's Defense Minister: Killing People in Afghanistan, Yemen, Pakistan & Somalia is not Enough

Murder & Mayhem On His Mind: Israeli Defense Minister Moshe
Ya'alon. (Photo by Secretaria de Assuntos Estratégicos Presidência
da República)

By MICHAEL WILNER

The United States is using unprecedented language to condemn Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon after he continued weeks of criticism of US President Barack Obama, and members of his foreign policy team, on Tuesday.

“We were shocked by Moshe Ya’alon’s comments, which seriously call into question his commitment to Israel’s relationship with the United States," a senior administration official told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday night. "Moreover, this is part of a disturbing pattern in which the Defense Minister disparages the US Administration, and insults its most senior officials."

Ya'alon said on Tuesday that, in light of developments on crises in the Middle East, relations with China and with Russia over the annexation of Crimea, Obama's "image in the world is feebleness."

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