Further Reflections on Bibi’s Speech and His Friends

March 7th, 2015 | http://www.lobelog.com/further-reflections-on-bibis-speech-and-his-friends/#more-28300

by Jim Lobe
It’s been an intense week highlighted by Netanyahu’s eagerly anticipated speech before a joint session of Congress, minus at least 57 members. That was followed by the procedural overreach of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and then by CNN’s breaking story that Bibi’s chief Democratic champion in the Senate, Robert Menendez, will soon be indicted on corruption charges. Although the Bibi bubble seemed to burst (or at least disappear) once he had left town, the latter two events may have made the week a net negative for proponents of negotiations-sabotaging legislation, assuming that the P5+1 and Iran succeed in forging a framework agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program by or about March 24.http://www.lobelog.com/further-reflections-on-bibis-speech-and-his-friends/#more-28300