Yesterday, The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg wrote that a “senior administration official” described Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “chickensh*t.”

Ari Fleischer, who served as White House press secretary during George W. Bush’s administration, believes that attitude originates at the top:

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