Cantor Uses Deadly Terror attack to Snipe at Obama
The establishment GOP has had nothing but fear of terror to grandstand on the past few years, so you can bet that Cantor is only the first of many to come. To me this was a bit too soon to wax political after the deadly terror attack in Israel and it smacks of total knee jerk opportunism.
The second-ranking House Republican on Wednesday accused the Obama administration of being too tough with Israel hours after a bombing in Jerusalem injured dozens.
Majority Leader Eric Cantor (Va.), the only Jewish Republican in Congress, repeated his party’s claim that the administration has asked Israel to concede too much in order to resume peace negotiations with the Palestinians, which in turn has resulted in Palestinian militant groups continuing to commit violent acts against Israelis.
“The administration has called on Israel to make sweeping concessions that I believe will endanger its security, but it doesn’t seem to demand similar from the Palestinians,” Cantor said in a statement. “No matter how much we desire Mideast peace, it will remain a pipe dream so long as Palestinian culture makes martyrs of terrorists who target innocents.”