“Relations between the United States and Israel aren’t terribly good right now, as a new Atlantic piece from Jeffrey Goldberg goes into. How bad are they? Well, an anonymous senior White House official called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “chickenshit.”

And it’s not only that; Goldberg says that over the years, Obama administration officials have described Netanyahu as “recalcitrant, myopic, reactionary, obtuse, blustering, pompous, and ‘Aspergery.’” As for the “chickenshit” charge, well, that has to do with a belief in the White House that Netanyahu is too afraid of angering his political base to do what’s right (something United States politicians obviously have no experience with).

This same official elaborated, “The only thing he’s interested in is protecting himself from political defeat… He’s got no guts.” And then there’s this:”* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur & John Iadarola break it down.

*Read more here from Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
http://www.mediaite.com/online/senior-wh-official-quoted-as-calling-netanyahu-chickensht/