For Bibi and Obama, it’s been a chickensh*t week

Last Tuesday, Jeffrey Goldberg posted an essay in the Atlantic called, “The Crisis in U.S.-Israel Relations Is Officially Here” which added the word chickensh*t to the international political lexicon:

“The other day I was talking to a senior Obama administration official about the foreign leader who seems to frustrate the White House and the State Department the most. ‘The thing about Bibi is, he’s a chickensh*t,’ this official said, referring to the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, by his nickname. …

“The relationship between these two administrations— dual guarantors of the putatively ‘unbreakable’ bond between the U.S. and Israel—is now the worst it’s ever been, and it stands to get significantly worse after the November midterm elections. By next year, the Obama administration may actually withdraw diplomatic cover for Israel at the United Nations, but even before that, both sides are expecting a showdown over Iran, should an agreement be reached about the future of its nuclear program. “

Washington insiders understand this was no rogue senior Obama official; it was a direct and intended message from the President to the Israeli government, it was leaked to Goldberg on purpose. That same official went on to say that Netanyahu’s threats about possibly attacking Iran weren’t real because Bibi (who served in Israel’s special forces on the front lines in two wars) was a coward.

Interestingly, while GOP chairman Reince Preibus issue a statement condemning the remarks as did such Congressional Republicans as Lindsey Graham, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner and Ted, and others slammed the chickensh*t remarks, only one Democrat — Rep. Elliot Engel — condemned the remarks publicly.