Power Line's John Hinderaker writes about former Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu's recollections of the tensions in Israel-U.S. relations during the Obama administration. This may surprise some, but not me.
My recollection of the Obama administration is that they actually favored Iran over most other players in the Middle East. This was largely influenced by Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President, who was born to American parents living in Iran and speaks Persian.
Another pro-Iran influence was Secretary of State John Kerry whose daughter Vanessa is married to an ethnic Iranian physician and surgeon who practices in the U.S.
The Obama administration negotiated the widely criticized JCPOA nuclear agreement which favored Iran. It then shipped Iran literal pallets of bundled cash which they've subsequently used to our detriment. This is the agreement that Donald Trump cancelled and Joe Biden has been trying to renegotiate, so far without success.
If Iran hates anybody worse than the U.S., it is Israel. No wonder Obama, who hoped Iran would become the local hegemon in the Middle East, wasn't welcoming to Israel's Netanyahu.
