The Russians and Chinese don't have friends. They have vassals and subordinates.

Obama can be a warrior but he is too idealistic for the jungle .Putin and Co are the Tough Realapolitic.both are the superpowers and need to stoP the World oblitering Itself.

do you expect israel to attack the united states?

Your apparent hatred towards Mr.O is of high level ignoramius. Every president Inherits the legacy of his predecessor . Mr.O inherited the insanity of the Holy Roman Empire Godly Chosen W.Bush who produced the Patriot Act and more of Teutonic Knight miseries.That we live in the Common Era (Error) of the Holy Roman Empire Anno 2013 escapes most, except the honest academics who are too chicken to challenge the insanity of the religious powers. How many heads of state are closet Free Thinkers, obliged to be religious in order to satisfy the powers of this centuries old corrupt priesthood? The religious obsession of making the USA into a religious nation is a roach motel of W 's legacy . And you want to blame Mr O, for being 'weak' while W's legacy holds the power? Mr. O's only weakness was not to make void the Patriot Act, as soon as he took office which, as time goes on, will become an even greater problem than Black Rock Lallah worshipers. It is hard to keep breathing when your environment wants you to suffocate, and your history is distorted. Israel is a big boy and will take care of itself. Without religion, these problems would not exist. The insanity of theocracy is 2013 years moving from one war to the next, repeating the same expecting different results with heads of state and monarchies bowing for this corrupt priesthood. Meshugganers.

The economy has almost totally recovered from the last recession. The real estate market is swinging upward again. Cost of living is getting lower as the dollar is getting weaker and exports explode. There is no political crisis anywhere unless you count a few sex maniacs in the Congress. Why is Israel and the Middle East trying to spoil the good life in America? Jealousy, that's it.

Great talkbacks ranging in the grand YNET tradition from insightful to shit stupid.

When the world says that the USA is weak and her economy is about implode, we are not saying we dislike you. Nor are we saying you are bad. Just stating our honest opinions. Would you rather we grovel and say "yes Masser" while cursing you behind our backs?

the us became weak under obama. lost respect around the world, and can only push israel (bb) around. somehow we must survive 3 more years. than the people of the usa will have one more chance to recover from this near fatal illness...

and you are cured from all worries, haverim.

The US is not weak, the question is where is the strength used. The perceived weakness is because the Obama regime has been friendly to previous American enemies: Jihad and the Brotherhood. The Obama regime is very powerful and is effectively attacking former allies like Israel and the American people.

haven't noticed. There has been gross mismanagement of its activities in the ME and in the US economy. Obama is grinding a once great country into the dust. Lots of things are going on but your focus is quite limited and you make the same points in almost all your posts. You have them on a recorder or something? The relationship between the US & Israel has been one based on mutual co-operation and Israel would inform the US of its assessments and plans. There was a deviation when the Osirak nuclear site in Iraq was destroyed by Israel. And I would not be surprised if Obama was informed of the strike on Syria's nuclear site when the Israeli pilots were on their way home. If you were not so damn obsessed with the so-called military aid to Israel, you would know that things went relatively quiet until the US, YES THE US, got more heavily involved militarily, in the the ME. Israel strongly advised Bush not to go to war in Iraq. Iraq is now in a total mess and Iran was left unfettered to pursue the A-bomb to give everybody nightmares. Israel would have handled this matter long ago, but it is the US that held back Israel. You heard me? The US held back Israel. Who can forget the outright lie given by the NIE that Iran had stopped working on the A-bomb???? Now things are too far gone and Iran is spreading terror all over the world through its proxies and its Quds. When Saddam fired scud missiles at Israel for no reason, the US - YES THE US - stopped Israel from protecting itself by retaliating. The people absorbed the missiles. The US has stopped Israel at every turn from removing the danger from Iran. The US is the cause of this mess and will be the cause of its own downfall so to keep harping on aid to Israel is to indulge in pure ignorance. So you better educate yourself on what is going on in your country because you can't even begin to understand what is going on in the ME - so don't even try. It is beyond your mental capacity. That so-called aid to Israel is benefiting your country immensely. Compare that with the aid to eg Egypt. That is an investment with no returns. Ask yourself why your president did not ask Israel for help with Benghazi. Why did he prefer those Americans dead? Dead men tell no tales.

Believing the US is weak because it is divided is a mistake as I wrote. If Israel wants to go its own way, nothing is in the way except Israeli opinion. Neither Putin nor Netanyahu is so naive as to swallow the BS in the article. Anybody who mistakes political division for weakness is grossly mistaken. That includes Israeli politicians who can only conceive of Bushite "Boot in yer Ass" foreign policy and diplomacy. Whoever the "senior state official" is who equates the two is demented or completely thinks only in the same terms as Tojo did. Netanyahu should get rid of the guy before he does irreparable damage to Israel.

you mistake obama for the united states. what some people claim is that obama is weak--not the united states. is this clear enough?

bibi is weak beacause some 20 y/o he cheated on his wife when she was pregnant. Now, he has to pay for this and people of Israel have to pay. Even in the 80s he was very weak and disappointed many friends of Israel. Now, as a manager, he thinks that Livni-bibi team will save him.

While every other world leader enjoys hearty laughs at the expense of the pathetic Obama; Bibi fears Obama. Bibi fears Obama so much he endanger the lives of millions of Israelis, by freeing mass murderers, to appease Obama.

What i want is respect, that is all I desire. Is it that hard to give just a little respect? See I would expect people to be irritated, if I called their country weak. You know why, Edwin? Because, its a utter lack of respect. Opinions are not fact, so calling the U.S weak is like insult. Just saying Edwin.

Mr. Wright it is the E.U's fault as well for constantly criticizing and boycotting Israel. If memory serves me right, didn't the U.K support the Palestinians in their bid to become a observer state. The U.S was one of the few countries that didn't. Your understanding of the ME is wrong by the way. If you take a look at history terrorism heavily increased, after the Soviet Union fell. This resulted in many things, such as no more secret police,less weapons, and support for the regimes. The U.S does agitate the situation sure, but the great rise of terrorism started at the end of the cold war. Terrorism is going to get much worse in the long run, when the oil runs out too. Also, as many Israelis like to point out. THE US DOES NOT OWN IT AND, THEY CAN MAKE DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES! Harry I would like you to look at what your country does for Israel, before you criticize mine. It's okay if an Israeli does, but not a person who doesn't live there or in mine. You assume you know everything about the situation, when you don't. I don't either Harry, but guess what I don't throw all the blame at one country. I could go on, but I get better things to do. Hope you get all that Mr. Wright.

More like you are reading a completely different book altogether.

Why are you beating the American Drum when Tony Blair converts to Catholicism in order to escape the ME controversy? Why hasn't the UK media nor world media nor any politician raised a red flag when the Queen of the Great British Monarchy signed a new contract with the Holy See that a catholic can sit on the throne of England, GB, and the Commonwealth? There is no such thing as Freedom of Religion.Religion is tyranny. Freedom to believe is the correct terminology. If the USA is falling apart it will be because of the religious obsession to turn into a religious nation. The godly chosen W Bush and his Patriot act still dominates, and you want to blame Obama? The Holy See is the only gangster gang on earth who can achieve this. Behind diplomatic immunity they hide while every head of state bows for this corrupt priesthood who goes from one war to the next for 2013 years. We live in the Common Era of the Holy Roman Empire Anno Domino 2013. Does it ring a bell? And you want to blame Obama while the settings were made by godly chosen W.Bush? The pope on the grass of the White house must have turned the Founding Fathers in their grave. Islam and xianity are identilly different mental twins. Religion Is Killing us because Humanity Is Weak to stand up against the greatest deception: religion! So, stop blaming and question what happens at home.