"It's already clear: the U.S. president is a great friend of Israel. If Barack Obama continues what he started this week, he might prove to be the friendliest president to Israel ever. Richard Nixon saved Israel from the Arab states in 1973, and Obama is about to save Israel from itself. Nixon sent us arms and ammunition at a critical time, and Obama is sending us, at a time no less critical, the substance of a complete peace plan, a plan that would save Israel."
The type of friend who lets you know when you're out of line, who gently forces you to make what seem like hard choices, is always the best type to have. As Levy points out in the full piece, A Friend of Israel, Bush was never that type of friend; perhaps he was no friend at all.
Good Shabbos.
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