Biden did it for Obama
The US vice-president has tried to put the trouble he's causing behind him by telling that he accepts Netanyahu's position on the building project in Ramat Shlomo, but, he's also said something that tells a bit about why he slammed it in the first place:
That aside, every time they slam a building project or a patriotic project by Israel, they only end up making themselves look like fools. Why can't they learn to just be quiet?
Biden said that he realized that construction in east Jerusalem "is a very touchy subject in Israel," but because Israel's decision to advance the housing project, in his view, "undermined the trust required to conduct the negotiations, I – at the request of President Obama – condemned it immediately."Now I see. He wasn't doing it because he really believed it was a problem - he did it because Obama asked him to! Hey, Obama may be the head honcho, but that doesn't mean Biden has to do his every bidding.
That aside, every time they slam a building project or a patriotic project by Israel, they only end up making themselves look like fools. Why can't they learn to just be quiet?
Labels: Israel, Jerusalem, United States
