Israel: Obama is a coward

Israel: Obama is a coward

Surprise and dismay in Israel to postpone a military strike of the Syrian regime (Getty) Israeli officials across the surprise and dismay at the decision of U.S. President Barack Obama to postpone a military strike against Syria . In what some coward, others considered that it will be reflected on dealing with the Iranian nuclear program. The newspaper "Maariv" on Sunday from the Israeli political officials as saying - Following the announcement of the postponement of Obama's military strike against Syria - Obama is a coward, and clearly he does not want to attack and looking for support from Congress. Obama announced yesterday that he is ready to pass a resolution directing a military strike against Syria, but before that he wants to get the approval of Congress, which would not discuss it before the ninth of September / September now. Israeli officials felt it hard to believe that after that Congress refuses his request, Obama will launch a military operation like this, without the support of the international system, and without the support of public opinion and Congress. He said Obama officials went to Congress to try to gain time in order to search for diplomatic solutions to prevent the attack against Syria. For its part, said the newspaper "Yediot Ahronot" that Obama retreat from Syria hit now that it has the support of Britain, and having read the opinion polls showed that the majority of the American public opposed attacking Syria. It quoted the forums described Parviah level in Israel that it was surprised by the president's speech from the U.S., and find it difficult to understand the U.S. strategy to build something and then retreat. Postpone the strike to keep the Israeli army itching to coming weeks (Getty) Assad amused The newspaper quoted an Israeli official as saying that Obama did not ask for congressional approval when he decided to liquidate al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Israeli officials said - unnamed newspaper - that the Americans had "lost momentum, and any subsequent attack would not be effective," and considered that "Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sits down and rubbed his hands, enjoying the Iranians sitting and laughing on the way to a nuclear bomb. " They said Obama's decision reflects a reluctance and a lack of leadership ability, and the surprise factor was a long time ago, and he was given the lion's time to fortify himself. The newspaper pointed out that postponing hit Syria means that the Government of Israel and its army will have to extend the state of preparedness for another two weeks at least. The Haaretz newspaper reported that the frequency of its part in Obama's description of Israel as an expression of weakness and lack of leadership on the part of "supreme commander," in reference to President Obama. The head of the Party House Jewish and Israeli Minister of Economy Naftali Bennett considered that the international frequency on Syria proves once again that he does not have a State of Israel can rely only upon itself, as posted on his Facebook last weekend. Source: UPI, the Israeli press