US 'scales down' military exercise with Israel

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9. I've been expecting Obama to get more emphatic as the outcome of the election becomes clear.

I've been surprised right along that the Bibi & Co. have not been more diplomatic with Obama, very bad strategy. I can't think of another President things have got this frothy with. There have been Presidents that were not close with Israel, but nobody was baying at the moon like this about them.

But Obama is not likely to let it get very personal, he's not that sort of guy, so maybe they figure that in.

Bibi has a number of other reasons to be upset, but the long-running somebody-bomb-Iran drama is wearing pretty thin too, and it's awkward for him to say "never mind" now, so I can understand his frustration.

I would hope my government would behave in the way described, making it clear nobody is going to try to play puppet-master with us without consequences.