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Vice President Joe Biden defended Israel's handling of the raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, departing from the Obama administration's posture of wait and see.
Biden said Israel has an absolute right to defend its security interests. "It's legitimate for Israel to say, 'I don't know what's on that ship. These guys are dropping eight -- 3,000 rockets on my people," Biden said.
The flotilla of six ships, loaded with assistance for the Gaza Strip's 1.5 million residents and aimed at breaching Israel's blockade of the strip, was organized in part by a Turkish group that has ties to Hamas, the terrorist group that controls Gaza.
Biden is just stating the practical reality in the situation. Israel has, and will continue, to defend itself. I doubt the WH will "discipline" Biden for stating the obvious. I understand why many on the right support Israel's actions, after all, they support anything that involves guns and killing. It disappoints me to see so many on the left, willing to deny Israel's right to defend itself.
If Israel limited its thuggery to defending itself it might be barely acceptable. However Israel seems to think it has some kind of infinite right to attack anyone anywhere if they pose a perceived threat to Israel or their leash holders in the US.
It's either support Israel, or be embarrassed when Netanyahu Biotch Slaps every foe in his crosshairs. When the Israelis get tired of Barack Obama castigating it for being on the defense, they'll see to it that the USA is dragged into the Mother of All Wars. Bet on it.
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