The White House Clarifies Its Middle East Policy: Détente with Iran and Cold War with Israel

The nasty comments about Benjamin Netanyahu recently leaked by administration officials are part of a deliberate plan to “undercut” the Israeli prime minister, argues Lee Smith. For years, the White House has tried to do the same with leaks about covert Israeli strikes on arms shipments to Hizballah and the like. Now it is clear that the President wants to make sure Israel doesn’t get in the way of a bad deal with Iran. Smith writes: