Sam Brownback criticized for criticizing White House for criticizing Israel

Liberal blogs are biting the heels of U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback after he and other Republicans criticized the Obama administration for rebuking Israel.

The White House wagged a finger at Israel after an interior minister announced a plan to build housing in East Jerusalem. Vice President Joe Biden said the announcement undermined attempts to make peace in the region. Brownback said the administration was wrong to attack an ally over what he termed a “zoning decision.”

Think Progress and other blogs note that the administration’s decision to chide Israel comes at a time when David Petraeus, the general who oversees the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is warning policymakers that Israeli intransigence makes his job a bigger pain in the ass than it has to be. And when a Republican was commander-in-chief, Brownback said Petraeus was a smart man who deserved our full and undivided attention.

Oh, inconsistent politicians, how the Internet hates thee.