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Reader comment on item: President Obama Rewards The Hamas Lobby

Submitted by jen, Jun 25, 2010 23:11

"What's wrong" with this is that: 1. Countries usually trust their allies to tell the truth about incidents like this. 2. Countries usually ask the perpetrators to explain, not the victims., 3. Israelis WERE the victims, as not only the film, but reports of journalists who have covered the story tell about the beating of the soldiers rappeling down into the flotilla, 4. There were many people with terrorist ties on board., 5. Palestine does not need this type of help.

As for security, have you followed the middle-east situation long? Israel has been forced, by world opinion and strong urging by the U.N and Europe., to OFTEN give in to their enemies, thus threatening their own security. Examples include giving land they had won in the 6-day war back, giving Gaza to the "Palestians -- (full of greenhouses and equipment the "palestinians" destroyed), agreeing to bulldoze their citizen's houses because the "palestinians will not share land with the Jews," etc.

In Israel, all religions have equal rights - can you say the same about any muslim country? Israel is a true democracy and we owe our own government to judeo-Christian values. Those are a few of the reasons why it is wrong to act as a neutral party and demand that Israel explain.

If North Korea sent ships in and attacked South Korean soldiers, would we demand that South korea explain? Same thing.

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