From the Drudge Report, headlines, May 31, 2010:
Israel faces int'l fury over flotilla...
Bloody raid...
Israel: Passengers were armed, 'no peace activists'...
Video...
Turkey warns of 'consequences'...
Israel in eye of storm...
Thousands protest, clashes in Athens...
Paris: Demonstrators tried to break into Israeli embassy...
Netanyahu defends...
Crisis...
From the Drudge Report, headlines, May 31, 2010, in an alternate universe:
Palestinians faces int'l fury over flotilla...
Bloody set-up...
Hamas: Passengers were armed, 'no peace activists'...
Video...
Turkey warns of 'consequences'...
Iran in eye of storm...
Thousands protest, clashes in Athens...
Paris: Demonstrators tried to break into Iranian embassy...
Amadinejad defends...
Crisis...
We have come to this – instant global condemnation of Israel every time an incident occurs. Israel is now officially presumed guilty until proven innocent. Not many facts are yet known about this incident, but in our world today facts are little more than an annoyance. No, what seems to matter most is to lay the blame on Israel.
And a sitting U.S. President has become a part of the condemnation chorus virtually from the day he took office. All the while the terror-sponsoring state of Iran, whose own President has sworn to wipe Israel from the face of the earth, rushes full tilt toward becoming a nuclear power. And when they do I imagine our president’s reaction will be to bow a little deeper to Amadinejad, and he’ll wag his finger a little longer at Netanyahu. Madness.
Mr President, your words and actions have emboldened not only our enemies but the enemies of one of our closest allies. And at least in part, the blood shed today is on your hands. Words have meaning, Mr. President. You know that. And your obvious lack of support for the State of Israel coupled with your failed attempts at diplomacy towards our enemies has made this world in which we live a less safe place. This incident is just a drop in the bucket compared to what I fear is is coming. And the headlines do not bode well for the State of Israel.
June 1st, 2010 11:38 am
There is pretty complete coverage and many useful links on all this at http://www.powerlineblog.com/.
June 1st, 2010 12:59 pm
Thanx for the link.
The hypocrisy in all of this is that nobody really cares who shoots rockets in the desert, as long as it doesn’t hit the oil wells. Big scary stories like this should make us start driving Hummers and Peterbilts. Suck up as much gas as quickly as possible so we won’t have to rely on oil anymore, or the loony-toons that live on it.
June 1st, 2010 5:14 pm
I guarantee you the Israelis care. And so should the USA.
And big scary stories like this don’t make me want to drive a Hummer, they make me question Obama’s ability to lead and judgment to act.