The Great Unraveling Begins

Here we go:

A senior Israeli official suggested on Friday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been misled into thinking an invitation to address the U.S. Congress on Iran next month was fully supported by the Democrats. Netanyahu was invited by the Republican speaker of the house, John Boehner, to address Congress on March 3, an invitation Boehner originally described as bipartisan.

The move angered the White House, which is upset about the event coming two weeks before Israeli elections and that Netanyahu, who has a testy relationship with Democratic President Barack Obama, is expected to be critical of U.S. policy on Iran.

"It appears that the speaker of Congress made a move, in which we trusted, but which it ultimately became clear was a one sided move and not a move by both sides," Deputy Israeli Foreign Minister Tzachi Hanegbi told 102 FM Tel Aviv Radio on Friday. The interviewer asked if that meant Netanyahu had been "misled" into believing Boehner's invitation was bipartisan, a characterization Hanegbi did not contest.

Of course, that is complete horseshit. Bibi and his people knew from the start that this was going to be a partisan affair. Christ, the whole point of this particular fuckery was to embarrass Obama.

I'd be surprised if Netanyahu's speech was cancelled, though -- that would amount to an admission that it was a mistake to schedule the speech in the first place.  Such an admission would show weakness on the part of Bibi and the Republicans, and the last thing right-wingers want to do when they're trying to make Obama look weak is to look weak themselves.

And speaking of right wingers, why do Republicans keep stepping on their own dicks when it comes to the issue of rape?