[Fiery AP Reporter Battles State Dept. Spokeswoman Over White House’s Silence on Anti-Israel Rhetoric by Becket Adams] "Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday referred to Israel as “a terrorist state,” a remark that the Obama administration has yet to challenge.

“Israel is a terrorist state,” Erdogan said at an Islamic conference in Istanbul. He also accused Western nations of ignoring the “sufferings of Muslims in Palestine, Syria and Myanmar because of lack of oil.”

For its part, the White House has chosen silence as its response to Erdogan’s intensely anti-Israel rhetoric, a policy that the Associated Press’ Matt Lee seems to think does more harm than good..." Full text: Fiery AP Reporter Battles State Dept. Spokeswoman Over White House’s Silence on Anti-Israel Rhetoric Ob 7

Response to comment [from a Jew]: "Why does Obama need to reply to these remarks?"

He's supposed to pretend to support Israel.

"I don't think it's reasonable to expect him to reply to every idiotic statement made by the world's politicians."

How'd that Arab Spring turn out?

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Gaddafi/Mubarak Photo

AP Reporter Battles State Dept. Spokeswoman Over White House’s Silence on Anti-Israel Rhetoric