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Related: About this forumIn front of global audience, Netanyahu draws red line on his ridiculous bomb cartoon that is here
I saw this happen in real time - as I posted earlier. It was such a patronizing and fear mongering speech meant to scare and bully the American people into war with Iran. Then he whips out this little number - . I love me some Israel - and I know the Israeli people were probably going all Joe Scarborough when this happened.!!!
by Adam Horowitz on September 27, 2012
"More on Benjamin Netanyahu's UN speech soon. In the meantime, if you missed it, the screenshot above was the highlight.
"Here's a roundup of some of the immediate reaction on Twitter:
joseph dana
@ibnezra I want to know who in the Israeli delegation saw that bomb chart and said, "yeah, this is great." #Netanyahu
27 Sep 12 ReplyRetweetFavorite
Jeffrey Goldberg
✔@JeffreyGoldberg Okay, it's official: #Netanyahu has no idea what he's doing. He has just turned a serious issue into a joke.
27 Sep 12 ReplyRetweetFavorite
Dylan Byers
@DylanByers Bibi's got the Looney Tunes bomb!
27 Sep 12 ReplyRetweetFavorite
Not everyone thought the cartoon bomb was such a bad idea:
Ari Fleischer
✔@AriFleischer Bibi's use of that chart was one of the most effective, gripping, uses of a chart I've ever seen. Is the world listening??
27 Sep 12 ReplyRetweetFavorite
Noah Pollak
@NoahPollak Theory: ppl freaking out about bomb chart would have preferred to have their intellects flattered with unintelligibly complex chart
http://mondoweiss.net/2012/09/in-front-of-global-audience-netanyahu-draws-his-red-line-on-his-ridiculous-looking-bomb-cartoon.html
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)But I get the idea.
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)It doesn't have "ACME" printed on the side of it!
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)Ari Fleischer
✔@AriFleischer Bibi's use of that chart was one of the most effective, gripping, uses of a chart I've ever seen. Is the world listening??
27 Sep 12 ReplyRetweetFavorite
powergirl
(2,393 posts)Was he trying to say that Wyle E. Coyote was going to win???? I watched the speech and the chart kept hitting the microphone and making noises.