U.S. Worried About Living Up To Netanyahu Campaign

WASHINGTON�Saying the Likud Party leader had set Israeli citizens� expectations extremely high in the run up to his reelection Tuesday, top-level sources expressed their worry Wednesday about whether the United States would actually be able to live up to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu�s campaign promises. �Given the ambitious list of security and spending initiatives that Netanyahu guaranteed Israeli voters on the campaign trail, I think it could be very difficult for the U.S. to come through on all of them; the pressure�s really going to be on America not to disappoint his constituents,� said U.S. State Department spokesman Eric Patel, explaining that, realistically, the U.S. would likely have trouble following through on Netanyahu�s repeated vows on the campaign trail to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon at any cost and continuing to thwart the creation of a Palestinian state. �He made a bold personal pledge to every voter that Israel�s military capabilities would be considerably bolstered under his watch, which is going to be real tough for us to accomplish. I�m afraid we might end up having to eat his words.� With Netanyahu�s extensive agenda laid out before the U.S., Patel added that America would likely just have to increase its annual $3.1 billion in aid to Israel a little further and hope for the best.

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And me!
As it is Netanyahu is clearly the front runner for this year's "most extreme about face in the minimum time" award, and despite stiff world-wide competition is still the front runner for the "lying to the electorate to get yourself re-elected" prize.

Chris