re: #4 Obdicut

I suppose we see two different Bibis. I see his political alliances as simply political alliances, a means to get elected. Glenn Beck’s Israeli tour was a disaster for Glenn Beck, because no one showed up. No crowds, nothing. Beck asked for Metzger’s blessing, Metzger said—I’ll see if my schedule allowed it. It didn’t allow it.

I didn’t see evidence of Bibi getting involved in this election, other than the possibility of owing Romney a favor—to a point. That point being the very pragmatic possibility that Romney would lose, and it’s a bad idea to become actively partisan in a US election. Bibi was hyped to show up at some silly Florida event, and he didn’t show up. Even if an Israeli official did show up, I suspect that was for the purposes of tourism—a factor to which it’s difficult to give too much weight.

All of that aside, the combination of Netenyahu and Fischer has proved to be incredibly successful as Israel has avoided the economic death traps of other economies, it has moved into the classification of a developed economy, it’s scientific and technological achievements are numerous. The entire nation, the size of a city, has become somewhat of a research institute for the world. Foreign investment has increased, venture capitalists flock to Israel, and Israel is on the verge of entering the natural gas market. I see Bibi as presiding over these developments. This is some resume.