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| US ok's Israeli Gaza ground attack |
| 2009-01-03 |
| The US has given Israel free reign to send troops into the Gaza, insisting that a ceasefire is based on Israeli's demand for Hamas to halt rockets. "Go get 'em, Ehud and Ehud! May the Force be with youse!" White House deputy press secretary Gordon Johndroe told reporters on Friday that they are in contact with Israeli officials and the US has asked to Israel to minimize the civilian casualties. However, Johndroe said that "So I think any steps they are taking, whether it's from the air or on the ground or anything of that nature, are part and parcel of the same operation, those will be decisions made by the Israelis." "Israel has a right to defend itself from these rocket attacks, and so we'll see," Johndroe said when asked about progress toward a ceasefire. Also on Friday Amnesty International berated the US government over its "lopsided" support for Israeli attacks on Gaza and urged Washington to suspend weapons deliveries to Israel. "Amnesty International USA is particularly dismayed at the lopsided response by the US government to the recent violence and its lackadaisical efforts to ameliorate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza," the rights group said in a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Since Israel unleashed its air and sea campaign six days ago, at least 65 children are among the 430 Palestinians killed, the overwhelming majority of whom are ordinary civilians and not Hamas combatants or group members and 2,250 others wounded, according to Gaza medics. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 "Amnesty International USA is particularly dismayed at the lopsided response by the US government to the recent violence and its lackadaisical efforts to ameliorate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza," It's AI's job to "ameliorate the humanitarian crisis," not the U.S. Maybe you figured out that volunteering at the Gaza soup kitchen is a bit different from downtown Detroit and now you want to blame the U.S. OK, maybe it's not that, different. |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2009-01-03 21:24 |
| #7 Spot on .5 When The One arrives in two short weeks he'll be calling for an immediate end to the fighting, speaking before the UN General Assembly, and offering to send US "Peace Monitors" I'm sure. Got to win back that Muzzie vote. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-01-03 09:19 |
| #6 CyberSarge, insofar as the sixty-some children represent something other than a propaganda fever-dream, they're probably the pediatric contents of Gaza's morgues from the last six months or so, saved up against the next opportunity to parade dead children for the news cameras. It must have been very frustrating to not have foreign cameramen to hold their morbid little parades for. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2009-01-03 08:25 |
| #5 You got 2 weeks.... make it count. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-01-03 07:11 |
| #4 I wonder what they mean by children? Are they under age 10 or high side of 17? Plus why so concerned about he children? Afraid they might run out of willing suicide bombers? BTW I am pretty sure the U.S. killed a large number of chidren in Germany and Japan. It's part of warfare. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2009-01-03 06:24 |
| #3 I hope someone offers her another job in a hurry. |
| Posted by: gorb 2009-01-03 06:05 |
| #2 What about Condoleeza Busy writing ang mailing CVs. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-01-03 05:38 |
| #1 What about Condoleeza, I thought she was against Israel defending itself. Again. |
| Posted by: gorb 2009-01-03 02:42 |