White House NatSec Council Uses Fareed Zakaria Column to Hit Netanyahu

The White House National Security Council today tweeted out a not-so-veiled swipe at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his address to Congress this week:

Interesting take from @FareedZakaria on why PM Netanyahu's predictions on #Iran have been wrong for 25 years http://t.co/SHffz3GPOj

— WH National Security (@NSCPress) March 6, 2015

The link in that NSC tweet is to a column by Fareed Zakaria titled “Netanyahu enters never-never land.” You can tell it’s not exactly a glowing review of the speech.

Zakaria argues Netanyahu has been consistently wrong about Iran’s nuclear policy for 25 years. But here’s how it starts, just to give you some idea of the tone:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress was eloquent, moving and intelligent in identifying the problems with the potential nuclear deal with Iran. But when describing the alternative to it, Netanyahu entered never-never land, painting a scenario utterly divorced from reality. Congress joined him on his fantasy ride, rapturously applauding as he spun out one unattainable demand after another.

Meanwhile, in a bit of interesting timing, hours after the tweet the NSC announced the resignation of Phil Gordon, the NSC’s special assistant to the president and White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa, and the Gulf Region.

[h/t Politico]
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