So, remember that hit-piece-esque article by Jeffrey Goldberg about deteriorating U.S.-Israeli relations? The one where he repeatedly says that a “senior administration official” referred to Benjamin Netanyahu as “a chickenshit”? Well, Goldberg would just like to make it clear that the nasty insult wasn’t the point of his piece:
https://twitter.com/JeffreyGoldberg/status/527177939700707328
Right. Do you buy that? Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol sure doesn’t, and he let Goldberg know:
.@JeffreyGoldberg With all due respect, this is chickenshit.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) October 29, 2014
That just about sums it up, yep.
https://twitter.com/DestroBadass/status/527595201368293376
Well said, sir. Well said. RT @BillKristol: .@JeffreyGoldberg With all due respect, this is chickenshit.
— Randy Clemens™ #MJMStrategiesRadio (@bostonrandy) October 29, 2014
@BillKristol hahahaha! Touché @JeffreyGoldberg
— maii (@iaskmaie) October 29, 2014
Correct, succinct and spot-on! “@BillKristol: .@JeffreyGoldberg With all due respect, this is chickenshit.”
— Matt Brooks (@mbrooksrjc) October 29, 2014
Editor’s note: Extraneous text from an earlier draft has been removed from this post.
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