White House trolls Netanyahu on twitter, mocks his cartoon bomb

[Cali_Democrat]

The time the White House trolled Benjamin Netanyahu so hard
By Colby Itkowitz

Several years ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu famously used a cartoon bomb to illustrate where he’d draw a red line on Iran developing a nuclear weapon.

So it wasn’t lost on anyone who the White House was poking when it tweeted its own version of a cartoon bomb to tout its recent nuclear deal with Iran.

Worth sharing: Here's how the #IranDeal would shut down Iran's pathway to a nuclear weapon ? http://t.co/BWuabs0TNz pic.twitter.com/8aYQi2KEgq

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 8, 2015

Netanyahu has slammed the framework as not going far enough to keep Iran from developing nukes. The issue has only further strained relations between the Israeli government and the Obama administration, with neither side being subtle about their displeasure with the other.

This in-your-face cartoon bomb trolling is just another example of the two sides needling each other. Your move, Bibi?.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2015/04/08/white-house-trolls-benjamin-netanyahu-with-cartoon-bomb/





https://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/foreign-policy/iran-deal

[underpants]

1. Bibi was so proud of it. He'd just gotten it special delivery from the Acme Company

[central scrutinizer]

19. I thought of Spy vs. Spy

[link:|

[bvf]

39. Haven't read Mad in many years,

but gad! this makes me feel old!

Perfect!

[Helen Borg]

70. Hehe, he did look proud of his cartoon bomb!

What a clown.

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. I love it!

[pintobean]

3. Seems childish

This is how we treat our allies.

[madokie]

5. fuck that noise

israel may be our allie but nutinyahoo is not our friend in any way shape or form. Fuck him and the voters who he rode in on. IMHO

[Smithryee]

7. The coalition is already collapsing before it started....

thanks to Nuttyahoo's idiotic moves..

[Cha]

48. Yeah! Netanyahu is Messing with a Peace Process.. where the Hell does that =FFF?!!

Fucking Freedom Fries?! That's some serious messed up equivalency there. IMHO

[AtomicKitten]

6. This particular ally is wrong in a WWIII kind of way. /nt

[msanthrope]

26. Jeebus Christmas. ...we agree on something! nt

[Darb]

8. Bibi is no our ally, sorry to say. Bibi is all in Zionist and a deceitful

piece of shit. He deserves far worse than this harmless goading. His goal is not just to push the Palestinians out of "Israel" but to enlarge Israel far more than just Palestine. He is the problem.

They are no friend of the US. They are nothing but a burr under our saddle.

[geek tragedy]

10. Sniff sniff. nt

[Cali_Democrat]

11. LOL

[pintobean]

12. It kinda has a freedom fries feel to it

No, I'm not mad. Embarrassed again. I expect better from our side, especially the White House.

[cwydro]

13. Yup.

Gotta agree.

[geek tragedy]

14. "Embarrassed again"

Oh?

[CatWoman]

15. you must be down right suicidal by now

especially since that S.C. video was released.

[pintobean]

16. WTF?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026471398#post41

[Cali_Democrat]

43. What did you mean when you said "embarrassed again"? nt

[A Simple Game]

29. You expect better from our side? Fine just as long as you don't expect anything from

a country that carried out a sustained air and sea attack on one of our navel ships killing or wounding much of the crew with shells and bombs that included napalm. They would probably have killed everyone on the ship but apparently their torpedo boats weren't very good at their jobs. They were so embarrassed for the attack that they even apologized and told us to keep 3 million dollars of our aid as restitution.

I was a very impressionable 17 years old when this happened and will never forget or forgive Israel for this attack on a clearly marked US ship in international waters. Nor do I think their "don't get in our way" attitude has changed significantly since then.

[pintobean]

30. I meant Democrats

acting like the freedom fry Republicans. I expect some maturity from Democrats.

[A Simple Game]

32. And I think Democrats should put America before any other country.

Sounds like you are the one emulating freedom fry Republicans by placing your support for Israel above the US led nuclear deal with Iran.

Do I know what I'm talking about? I have Schumer for a Senator so I know about Democrats putting other countries before America.

[pintobean]

33. I meant what I posted

nothing more. You're trying too hard.

[A Simple Game]

37. Good for you, I like a person that sticks by their convictions, right or wrong. n/t

[Cha]

50. I like a person who.. if he/she is wrong.. they see the error of their ways and comes around to the

correct conclusion.

[pintobean]

54. .

[MrModerate]

40. Oh, come now.

I take a back seat to no one in my disdain for Netanyahu and the political parties (and voters!) who support him. They are straining the alliance between the US and Israel to the breaking point.

However, a SNAFU during war nearly 20 years ago doesn't even enter the equation. You do realize that the US has accidentally shot down at least one civilian airliner in the last quarter century, and killed more of our own troops with 'friendly fire' screwups than are every publicly admitted?

[A Simple Game]

57. It was over 40 years ago and it was no snafu. It is just the most egregious example of many.

The Israelis didn't want a spy ship checking on them when they were committing war crimes. That is why they fired upon the ship and they knew very well what that ship was. They had watched that "mistake" for over 8 hours before firing on it and couldn't see the flag that was flying on it? The said it was in retaliation for a ship shelling the coast but they couldn't see the ship had no guns for coastal shelling? They said they issued a warning to all ships but in reality the warning didn't come until after the attack. Please study the incident.

As for our crimes, war and otherwise, I condemn them too. What we did to Libya among others is coming home to roost isn't it? Yet we kiss Saudi butt when it is well known they are financing much of the terrorism. It's also well known that we have destroyed at least two of our own ships to justify going to war.

So should we forget about the holocaust too? Those that forget history tend to repeat it. The history of Israel since WWII has been nothing but a series of blunders starting with it's inception. We now have more to fear from Israel than we do Iran. The dog we feed is nipping at our hand a lot lately, and is going to bite us again it's just a matter of time. But I bet we will go right back and stick our hand in it's mouth again.

Me? I'll give credit where it's deserved and stick with the White House on this one.

[MrModerate]

58. I think your fury is disproportionate to the event . . .

And your attribution of motive unproven. I've read several versions of the story (notwithstanding getting the year it took place wrong), and the majority opinion is that it was a major screwup.

I'd also say that comparing this event to the holocaust is wildly out of line and even somewhat offensive.

With regard to "destroyed at least two of our own ships," which were those? (And if you tell me that one of them was the Maine, then I'm going to have to make a twirling gesture with my forefinger in the vicinity of my temple -- while executing an up-left eyeroll -- because we will then officially have boarded the train to Tinfoil Hat Junction.)

[LiberalLovinLug]

49. What are you embarrassed about?

Was there something anti-Semite on there?
Was there a personal attack on Bibi?
I'd just like to know what you find "embarrassing" about a poster that shows very simply and directly what the difference is between the status quo compared to after this new deal. Because they used the same imagery to prove their point? My my...how dare they! its so rude!

[Rex]

24. Of course he is.

Good call.

[BlueStater]

18. Israel is no ally.

It's a damn parasite sucking on the blood of the United States. It's needs to be removed.

[calimary]

20. Seems pretty disrespectful the way this ally treated us.

Stabbing the President in the back, weaseling around behind the State Department's back? Collaborating thisclose with the President's political opposition? This is how you treat a friend? Especially the friend who's been trying to turn the heat down in your immediate neighborhood - where YOU live and have to survive. Something that would benefit the entire region where you live - especially YOU.

[davidpdx]

75. Agreed

Israel has done everything they can to undermine President Obama and the negotiations with Iran. If they were an ally they would stand with us and respectfully voice their disagreements. Yet we keep giving them money hand over fist and they stab us in the back. Well if they can't take a little mocking of a drawing they made that represents the facts of the framework between the six countries and Iran, then maybe they need to get off the world stage.

[Fred Sanders]

21. How did our "ally" treat America? Memory is a wonderful thing! Not to mention spying on the talks...

[Rex]

23. Yet nothing about how they treat us right? nt

nt

[AlbertCat]

25. This is how we treat our allies.

So.....


should we kowtow even if we disagree with them?



Who do you think this is? The Saudi royalty?

[Scootaloo]

27. Maybe we shouldn't be allies

What's the point of an alliance with a nation that provides you with nothing but bad intel, corrupt politics, and international liability?

[frylock]

31. we should act more like adults, and cut off his allowance

[BeanMusical]

36. With allies like this...

[Flatpicker]

46. Not to me

I like the visual.

Using their own image with reasons as to why the deal is a good one makes sense.

[ejbr]

56. Exactly

It's like using a picture book to better explain a concept to a confused child.

[Warren DeMontague]

55. with all the deliberate crapping on the relationship that Bibi has done, enough is enough.

i support Israel and Israelis, but that guy is a train wreck for everyone.

[randome]

59. It was childish when Netanyahu showed his cartoon bomb in the first place.

I don't see anything wrong with laughing at his childishness. Or mocking it.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]

[karynnj]

60. not at all

It clearly lies out the two alternatives. The only trolling is it uses his poster. It is funny actually that it is more accurate than the message he intended.

[MyNameGoesHere]

62. I am very interested

in your interpretation of the word ally. Seems Israel is more of a protagonist, always throwing a monkey wrench into any for of negotiations or peace process. That's an ally?

[2banon]

63. I agree . Baby Yahoo is a childish brat and a dangerous one at that.

baby Yahoo is the child, throwing tantrums - and all manner of very bad behavior. with "friends" like him who needs enemies?

[amuse bouche]

64. Aliies are supposed to walk a two way street

Unfortunately, Bibi is nothing but a taker and an asshat

[hughee99]

65. While I don't agree with with his positions

I have to agree that the White House trolling him is childish, whether he's an ally or not, he's still a world leader. I'm sure someone at the White House thought this was oh so clever, but they should have run this past an "adult" first.

[Marr]

66. I have to disagree. Netanyahu has been on a publicity campaign around this

deal, this response is effective publicity in that it gets attention and makes it's point succinctly.

[DRoseDARs]

72. Here, lemme just drag this out of storage for ya...

You'll have to provide your own pearls to clutch, though.

[LanternWaste]

74. Advertising an allies duplicitous nature can often be seen as childish.

Advertising an allies duplicitous nature can often be seen as childish.

[NCTraveler]

4. Fear is one of the greatest negotiation tools.

Even the perception of discomfort between our countries will knock Bibi down a notch and heighten the possibility of a deal. This is something few high level American politicians have been willing to use in the negotiations in the past.

[arcane1]

9. That is totally disrespectful and unstatesman-like!

I love it!

[Cha]

52. Yeah, and I'm pretty sure boner and bibi sneaking behind the President's back is a lot higher on the

"disrespect" scale than Mocking bibi's bomb!

[herding cats]

17. I laughed!

I'd missed the original bomb pic from 2012. If Netanyahu thought the graphic was suitable for the UN, I guess that makes it suitable for the WH to use in this instance.

[BeanMusical]

38. Here's a photo of him showing that pic at the U.N back in 2012:

[herding cats]

67. Hahaha!

That wasn't what I expected. Love it!

[Wilms]

22. .

[napkinz]

28. Bibi & Batman

[BumRushDaShow]

34. !!!

[C Moon]

35. I like the tiny scissors used to cut the fuse. :D

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

41. Bibi and his 47 clowns can't be happy about that.

[WinkyDink]

42. A cartoon by any world leader would be puerile. Not cutting Obama any special slack here.

[Gothmog]

44. Mocking Bibi's bomb is a great move

I love it. Bibi's bomb was really bogus

[Cha]

51. Agree.. Mocking it with Facts.. How is that wrong?

[Scurrilous]

45. Back at ya' Bibi!

[peoli]

47. Oh. Snap.

[JohnnyRingo]

61. That's epic

Must be from the administration's new cabinet position, the minister of burn.

[N.Y. to Paris]

68. Natasha!

Deese.... eese.... how we get Moose and Squirrel!!!!

[The Wizard]

69. Will Netanyahu

please disclose who gave him inside information regarding what is in that deal. Somebody is leaking secret information, and the American people have a right to know who is betraying them .

[alfredo]

71. White House performs a bris on Bibi's bomb.

[MADem]

73. Live by the cartoon bomb, die by the cartoon bomb.

That'll teach him to ignore protocol and show up at Congress without an invitation to the country from the head of state.

Baaaaad Bibi, BAAAAAD!!!

Guess that short-term election stunt is having long term consequences--as it should.