 The United States should break Israel's blockade of Gaza and deliver badly needed supplies by sea, a U.S. congressman told Gaza students. Rep. Brian Baird, a Democrat from Washington state, ...
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... also urged President Barack Obama's Mideast envoy to visit the Hamas-ruled territory to get a firsthand look at the destruction caused by Israeli's military offensive last year.
Baird, who has announced his retirement from Congress, told a group of Gaza students Sunday evening that the U.S. should not condone the blockade. "We ought to bring roll-on, roll-off ships and roll them right to the beach and bring the relief supplies in, in our version of the Berlin airlift," he said, adding that the supplies could be delivered to U.N. aid agencies.
| The Berlin airlift was an act of war, it's just that it wasn't kinetic against the Soviet Army, so they were unable to find justification to start a hot war with the U.S., or even Germany. It's a good thing Rep. Baird will be retiring soon, if he thinks going to war with long-time ally Israel is a good and admirable thing. |
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