Chris Matthews Sneers at Speech: 'Hawk' Netanyahu 'Pushed' Us Into Iraq

[See NewsBusters for more.] Seconds after Benjamin Netanyahu ended his speech on Tuesday to Congress, the journalists at MSNBC began attacking it. Chris Matthews appeared and sneered that the Israeli prime minister "never mentioned the real world" in his address. The Hardball host insisted that Iraq was "the war [Netanyahu] talked us into."  The journalist berated, "The reason Baghdad is under control of the Shia and under the control of Iran is he pushed that! And he never mentioned that! So, being a hawk all the time takes away some of your credibility, always being a hawk."  Matthews cynically dismissed Netanyahu's address: "I don't know what Bibi Netanyahu's plan is. Of course, he's up for re-election. This will help him."