Obama's Double
Standard Toward Netanyahu
by Alan M. Dershowitz
• April 25, 2016 at 3:00 pm
UK Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack
Obama take a question at a press conference, on whether it is appropriate for
Obama to say whether or not the UK should remain in the European Union, April
22, 2015.
As President Obama winds up his farewell tour of Europe, it is
appropriate to consider the broader implications of the brouhaha he created
in Great Britain. At a joint press conference with Britain Prime Minister,
David Cameron, President Obama defended his intrusion into British politics
in taking sides on the controversial and divisive Brexit debate. In an op-ed,
Obama came down squarely on the side of Britain remaining in the European
Union -- a decision I tend to agree with on its merits. But he was much
criticized by the British media and British politicians for intruding into a
debate about the future of Europe and Britain's role in it.
Obama defended his actions by suggesting that in a democracy, friends
should be able to speak their minds, even when they are visiting another
country:
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