benjamin netevp$u from a white house official who called the prime minister s speech before congress next week destructive. what is destruktsive, in my view, is making a bad deal that paves the way for a nuclear iran. that s destructive, and that s why it s so important for the american people to hear what prime minister netanyahu has to say about the grave threats that we re facing. white house national security adviser susan rice made the comment on tuesday, saying the invite from boehner and netanyahu s speech would interject partisan politics during ongoing nuclear talks with iran, which the israeli prime minister and many republicans oppose. and back: clemens, washington editor at large for the atlantic and msnbc contributor. so steve, you have now netanyahu in what does appear to be a mess. he has, in the view of what i ve been reading in other outlet jeopardized in the minds of some of his own countrymen the strength of the israeli relationship with the u.s. at a time when