Jewish funnyman quips that “we’re more protected from a bad tuna fish than a nuclear bomb.”
“This secretary of state, Kerry, negotiated with them for a year-and-a-half and accomplished nothing. He ought to give us back for all the trips he made. He cost us millions of dollars in airplane fares and he came back with nothing except a bad foot.”
Mason’s comments did not mark the first time he has spoken out on an issue that touched on Israel’s security. He emerged during last summer’s Operation Protective Edge as one of Israel’s most outspoken defenders…
“The real agreement he made, I’m sure he (Obama) said to them, ‘Listen, could you keep the bomb quiet for a year and a half. Because if you don’t bomb us for a year and a half, I’ll be the big winner. Everyone will see I made a fantastic agreement. If you bomb us after I leave I could always say it’s the other guy’s fault. Because if it’s not for him, this never would have happened,” Mason said.
“Do you know that in the restaurants of New York, they have an inspection system. You can surprise any restaurant without notice that you can walk in and inspect them… So we are protected in this city from a bad tuna fish. We’re not protected from a bomb but we’re protected from a bad quality of a tuna fish,” Mason joked.
Source: Jackie Mason: NYC restaurants subject to tougher inspections than Iran under nuclear deal
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