AIPAC endorsed letter about Israeli Flotilla Attack gets support 85 senators...
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http://www.salon.com/news/israel_flotilla_attack/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2010/06/21/sneate_israel_flotilla_letter
...........Pro-Israel letter unites Senate Democrats, Republicans
85 senators -- including both the majority and minority leaders -- signed an AIPAC-endorsed letter expressing unconditional support for both Israel's botched raid on an aid flotilla that killed nine and the ongoing siege of Gaza that compelled the activists to organize the flotilla in the first place.
This is great news for bipartisanship! It's less great for fans of common-sense Israel policy, or realistic approaches to finding solutions to the endless Israel/Palestine conflict.
We fully support Israel’s right to self-defense. In response to thousands of rocket attacks on Israel from Hamas terrorists in Gaza, Israel took steps to prevent items which could be used to support these attacks from reaching Gaza. Israel’s naval blockade, which is legal under international law, allows Israel to keep dangerous goods from entering Gaza by sea. The intent of the measures is to protect Israel, while allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza.
According to the letter, the Israeli commandos were "forced to respond to that attack and we regret the loss of life that resulted."
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Hmmm. What can I say that I haven't already said? I would be outraged, but you start to build up an immunity I guess.
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Still trying to find out who those 15 brave souls were.
