Time's Joe Klein: Netanyahu's Comments On White House Are 'Outrageous And Disgusting'

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Time's Joe Klein stopped by Morning Joe Wednesday, where he decried Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's chiding of the White House, calling his comments 'brazen' as well as 'disgusting.'

Yesterday night, President Obama and the Israeli Prime Minister had a call about 'the threat posed by Iran's nuclear program.' Earlier that day, however, the PM had accused the White House of having snubbed his request for a meeting ' a claim the White House denied by saying that no such request to meet was even made.

Here's what Klein had to say about Netanyahu's recent actions:

I don't think I've ever, in the 40 years I've been doing this, have heard of another of an American ally trying to push us into war as blatantly and trying to influence an American election as blatantly as Bibi Netanyahu and the Likud party in Israel is doing right now. I think it's absolutely outrageous and disgusting. It's not a way that friends treat each other. And it is cynical and it is brazen. And by the way, a little bit of history here: In December of 2006, George W. Bush went over to the Pentagon, met with the joint chiefs of staff and asked them, 'What do you think about military action in Iran?' They were unanimously opposed to it. And as far as I know, the United States military, the leaders of the United States military, are unanimously opposed to it to this day. This is a fool's errand. It would be a ridiculous war with absolutely no good coming of it.

Panelist Lawrence O'Donnell asked Klein ' as the only one in the group who has been to Iran ' what he sees as 'the possibilities of the actions being taken now against Iran.'

Klein began by pointing that, even though 'Republicans talk about Ahmadinejad,' the Iranian president 'has absolutely no power; he's a figure head.'

Later, Klein explained why he sees the premise of a nuclear-armed Iran is 'ridiculous.' Watch, courtesy of MSNBC:

• Words to describe Netanyahu himself.

• Joe Klein = The Neville Chamberlain of American journalism.

• Netanyahu is right. Obama doesn't care about Israel and the prime Minister has every right to do what needs to be done to protect his people. Obama is creating a horrible situation in the middle east and totally incompetent to deal with it. There will be a war and we have a president tapping down our military. He needs to get the hell out of office.

• Joe Klein ' another Obama stiff! Circling the wagons to protect that loser in the WH

• Tail wagging the dog, right? Someone needs to tell this clown Netanyahu to go to war if he wants to go to war, America's blood and treasure has already been squandered in the ME.

• Our unicorn in chief has time to meet with David Letterman and Sarah Jessica Parker, but god forbid he meet with an ally in the middle east.

• GOD FORBID ANYBODY should make negative comments about barack obama!

• The whole GOP deck of cards is falling ain't it?
  Isn't this guy the head of the country that the GOP has been hammering Obama for not knob polishing the way Dumbyuh did?

  He wants a nuke strike on Iran.
  Let's support THAT!

  The only way the GOP has a hope in hell in November is GOP-Citizen's United combined with bull$hit like this:
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#48980255

  GOP Voter Fraud.
  'We NEED To Win! Democracy Can Suck It!!' GOP 2012

• Good strategy. I think you should really push the anti-Israel, pro-Iran message hard. Encourage Obama and other Democrats to take up the cause.

  Especially in Florida.

  Thank you in advance.