Scarlet letters for the Bibi boycotters
By Jeffrey S. Wiesenfeld.
This opinion piece appeared in the New York Post February 26, 2015.
Their excuses are mere protocol — that the upcoming Israeli election supposedly makes the speech political, and that Speaker John Boehner did not consult the White House before inviting the prime minister.
In fact, Iran has been at the top of Israel’s threat list for nearly two decades.
Nor is Netanyahu’s opposition in that election any more willing to embrace an agreement that, like the one the Obama administration is negotiating with Iran, clearly leads to Iranian development of nuclear weapons.
Any member of Congress who boycotts the address will present himself as placing protocol above national security for the American people and our allies.