Netanyahu's Problem: The Cognitive Challenge of Hating Arabs without Hating America's Black President As Well

Real Reasons for Netanyahu's Dislike of Obama

I'm getting tired of all the convoluted (and naive) political commentary about Israel Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu being pissed off with President Obama on account of the Iranian negotiations.  Last year, when Bibi Netanyahu shockingly called the first Black President of the United States "unAmerican," there were no negotiations with Iran.  So, what was his excuse for that remark?  Netanyahu despises Obama because the Israeli Prime Minister is not able to differentiate in his twisted little mind the swarthy-complexioned Arabs whom he detests and wishes to remove from their homeland, with an even darker-complexioned African-American.  As though that isn't headache enough, the American president even has a Muslim last name and paternal ancestry.   The United States is the superpower that protects vulnerable little Israel, gives it financial and diplomatic support.  In fact, Israel could not even exist without the political largesse of this Black man.  And Netanyahu cannot stand it.  He is not much different from much of the GOP, who feels humiliated and physically compromised by having to deal with this Black man in the White House.

Yes, Bibi, would like for the Republicans to win the next election and launch a war with Iran.  This is why he came before Congress denouncing the current nuclear talks but offering nothing whatsoever in their place.  Let's not forget, this fellow came before Congress in 2002, and got standing ovations for rousing our representatives to invade Iraq.  Of course he also made sure that they understood that the Israeli lobby would support their opponent in the next election if they didn't.  But none of this is what drives Netanyahu's constant efforts to undermine Obama.  

Rational people are often fooled by the sheer craziness of bigotry.  In Bibi's case, pundits keep twirling around every verb and preposition looking to make sense of his motives, to figure out what his strategic goals might be, what shrewd angle he's taking with his continuous insults to the President of the United States.   On the surface it appears that he might be shooting Israel's long-term diplomatic relations with the U.S. in the foot, not to mention his own even if he does win the next election.  But in this they miss the point.   For bigots like Bibi, self-destructive spite is its own reward. 

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