“The situation is that they’re so isolated right now that it’s not only that we’re the only ones who will stick up for them,” said an American official. “We’re the only ones who believe them — and what they’re saying is true.”
We?
New York Democratic Reps. Anthony Weiner, Jerrold Nadler, Gary Ackerman, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Ron Klein (D-Fla.) have all vigorously supported Israel’s boarding an aid ship bound for the blockaded Gaza — an act that resulted in ten deaths and a U.N. condemnation.[...]
“I think that members of the United States Congress understand why the blockade was in place against Hamas and support it, once you start at that place, a boat that bows into the teeth of that blockade isn’t going to be viewed sympathetically,” Weiner said. “To the extent that any time that there is a flare-up of tensions, it’s bad for U.S. and Israeli efforts of peace. We obviously had a bad weekend.”
Ackerman, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on the Middle East, said he “strongly support(s) Israel’s right to defend itself, and the right of Israel’s naval commandos, who were executing a legal mission, to defend themselves by using force when they were brutally attacked.”
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Klein, whose district includes the heavily Jewish Boca Raton, said “Israel has the right — indeed, the obligation — to defend itself.”
WTF? Defend itself? Oh, I get it. Pre-emptive defense.
What about the small detail that Israel went into international waters to "board" that ship? Oh, I get it...they went into international waters to defend themselves on the basis of "if we don't fight them there, we'll have to fight them in our own waters.
“The United Nations is a giant anti-Israel echo chamber on the east side of Manhattan, and its members sit and wait for opportunities to criticize Israel,” Weiner told POLITICO in a phone interview Tuesday.
Maybe Weiner should consider leaving the Democratic for the Tea party.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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