A US defense official responded, saying “there was no intent to blindside anyone. The process for this transfer was followed precisely along the lines that it should have.”

Demonstrating the tense ties between Obama’s administration and Israel, a senior official of the administration told the Wall Street Journal “we have many, many friends around the world. The United States is their (Israel’s) strongest friend.”

“The notion that they are playing the United States, or that they’re manipulating us publicly, completely miscalculates their place in the world,” added the official.

The US decision to tighten down on arms transfers to Israel comes as the UK is threatening similar actions. On Tuesday, the British government threatened to suspend 12 arms export licenses to Israel if fighting resumed in Gaza.

Lessons Learned:

THE fact of the matter is that if one truly subscribes to professional (and personal) integrity and honesty as ones barometer, one cannot, one dare not, let PM Netanyahu (other top Israeli leaders too) off the hook, in relation to “taking care of urgent business”. How so? For if “Bibi” had any inclination to finally end Hamas’s reign of terror – their decade-long missile attacks upon Israel’s population centers – destroying Hamas’s top leadership, their command and control center, is a prerequisite to said victory. In effect, such an operation, according to top Israeli military experts, should have taken place the first week of Israel’s latest – out of numerous such “campaigns” – smoke and mirrors show. This site’s high level defense-related contacts concur. Understood? 

INHERENTLY, the heavy-duty ordinances needed for such an operation have always been at the ready, current re-supply needs notwithstanding. Yes, hell fire missile “hold ups” by the Islamist-in-Chief are the mark of an avowed enemy. Let there be NO doubt. 

The Obama administration has tightened its control of arms transfers to Israel, requiring White House and State Department approval for even routine munitions requests by Israel, according to the piece.

“Instead of being handled as a military-to-military matter, each case is now subject to review – slowing the approval process and signaling to Israel that military assistance once taken for granted is now under closer scrutiny,” the story said.

The report came out on the same day that the Istanbul-basedHurriyet Daily News reported that the US cleared a potential $320 million advanced medium-range airto- air missiles sale to Turkey “amid increasing security risks in the region.”

STILL, the question begs: why wait until supplies run low, if, in fact, the goal is to put an end to the attacks? Common sense dictates that enough missiles be reserved for the coup de grace, not for the “tit for tat” responses, or the bizarre, counter-intuitive, mantra “quiet will be met with quiet”. Truly, when operating against a genocidal foe, what kind of rational leadership would ever adopt such an Orwellian “strategy”?  Indeed, as a result, Israel’s missile supplies are wasted on attacking empty buildings via the smoke and mirrors show, all the unintended, yet unavoidable, collateral damage beside the point.

REGARDLESS, in reality, Israel’s PM (for a host of reasons, best left for another discussion) has decided in the negative to remove the threat in its entirety, and will accede to as many “case-fires” as it takes to keep from toppling the top terror leadership. Believe it – or not. 

NEVERTHELESS, the above Israeli malfeasance towards its majority Zionist public does not obviate Barack HUSSEIN Obama’s palpable hatred. It just gives “Bibi” a tailor-made excuse for not FULLY vanquishing an admittedly genocidal foe. History will be the judge….this American-Israeli is just stating things as they are. Period.

MOST significant of all, the heretofore leader of the free world is aiming for America’s and Israel’s jugular, whatever it takes! Concomitantly, the rest of the west will fall. That’s the plan… almost on track!

THE fact that Washington effectively owns (you read that right) Jerusalem’s decision makers (for decades) makes the Islamist-in-Chief’s task that much easier. Hmm…the ever “elusive” IDF victory, at least since 1973, understood for what it is. More succinctly, for what it isn’t!