Obama's poll numbers are approaching 50% (I don't have the image, but it was headlining for a few hours), and Netanyahu is insisting that sanctions on Iran aren't working. Sanctions rarely do. Netanyahu's speech denouncing Iran wasn't the point or centerpiece of his visit to Cyrpus, which was primarily about business, trade, and military agreements.
So, Netanyahu journeyed out to sea
To see the Cypriots. And though they’re friends,
A visit there might serve to make amends
For long alliances with Turkey, the
Oppressor of the Cypriots. The trip,
However, is o’ershadowed by a cry
For war for later peace, and if allying
With a greater power will equip
A smaller country for a bigger world,
It’s recommended also that you heed
The causes it promotes, and if the creed
Is “there will be invasion,” you’ll be hurled
Within the fray. Do business, but take care;
The world is cruel to those caught unaware.
Obama’s numbers are at half a glass.
The pessimist suggestion is a loss.
The optimistic one is that a tossing
In of any towel is a crass
And gross miscalculation. On Iran,
I’m betting he’ll be silent, while the Right
Will busy be decrying any might
That Persia might acquire. If the ban
On any import in the country works
To make it reconsider making arms
(it won’t; our sanctions put the poor Harm’s
Amoral Way. It’s one of many quirks
We never seem to learn), we’d be at peace.
Or so it’s said by any press release.
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