Obama Treats Israel Like Wayward Child

Imagine you live in a neighborhood that was once okay but has steadily gone downhill. You're stuck there and can't move. You have a neighbor who has been harassing you, your wife and your kids with threats of violence and death. They live four houses away and you have a fence and a dog but it doesn't stop their threats. You call the police and they blame you because of your heritage.

Your closer neighbors have already invaded your home but you fought them off thanks to that trusty nine mil your uncle gave you. Since you popped one in their ass, they still are menacing but less threatening. Yet, that other neighbor is arming himself with bigger, better weapons that will make it easy for him to harm you from the privacy of his own back yard. He now presents a direct and deadly threat to your family.

What to do? The police don't care and the other neighbors hate you as well so what recourse do you have? You prepare yourself to take the offensive and take out the neighbors newer, better weapons before he uses them and are pondering your actions. But at that moment, your uncle admonishes you to wait and not take action without his say so. Yeah, he lives in that nice Mcmansion in the nice part of town and rarely, if ever comes to your neighborhood. He's not currently threatened and when he was he took action to ensure his safety.

Do you take the offensive action and risk that your rich uncle will cut you off or sit and wait for the hostile neighbor to take aim at your house?

Oh, by the way, your name is Israel:

U.S. President Barack Obama has sent a message to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanding that Israel not surprise the U.S. with an Israeli military operation against Iran. The message was conveyed by a senior American official who met in Israel with Netanyahu, ministers and other senior officials. Earlier, Netanyahu's envoy visited Washington and met with National Security Adviser James Jones and with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and discussed the dialogue Obama has initiated with Tehran.

The message from the American envoy to the prime minister reveals U.S. concern that Israel could lose patience and act against Iran. It is important to the Americans that they not be caught off guard and find themselves facing facts on the ground at the last minute.

Obama did not wait for his White House meeting with Netanyahu, scheduled for next Monday, to deliver his message, but rather sent it ahead of time with his envoy.

Why does Obama treat Israel like a petulant child but treat Ahmadinejad with kid gloves? The entire Arab world could be massing at the borders and Obama would do that most liberal of things: scold Israel.

Netanyahu should have attacked while Bush was still president but Israel seems to have gotten caught up in hope and change (TM) as well and now it will cost them dearly.