Obama Backs Israeli Operation In Gaza
“We are fully supportive of Israel’s right to defend itself,” the president says in Thailand.
U.S. President Barack Obama, center, and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra acknowledge each other at a joint news conference at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012.
President Barack Obama fully supported the Israeli government’s operations in Gaza, speaking at the joint press conference in Thailand, where he is on a state visit.
“There’s no country on earth that would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders,” he said. “We are fully supportive of Israel’s right to defend itself.”
Obama said the rocket attacks were the “precipitating event” for the Israeli operation, which to date has been mostly limited to an aerial bombardment of Hamas government and military sites, but is threatening to become a ground operation.
“We are actively working with all the parties in the region to see if we can end those missiles being fired without further escalation of violence in the region,” Obama said.
But Obama echoed Israeli leaders, saying any “serious” attempt to reach peace in the region begins “with no more missiles being fired into Israel’s territory.”
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- fadlee Obama Backs Israeli Operation In Gaza and thinks it’s WTF & Fail
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- mariaj5 thinks Obama Backs Israeli Operation In Gaza is Fail
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Happy Dude 6 months agoMore Palestinians killed in Gaza one day last week than Israelis have been killed by projectile fire from Gaza in the past three years. As fitting the general trend in the larger conflict, in which roughly 7 times as many Palestinians are killed as Israelis. The largest group of victims on the Israeli side continues to be suicides among the Israeli military.
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Carly Mitchell 6 months agoIt is painful for me to read these numbers (hopefully they are factually correct) and I feel for all of the innocent Palestinians killed. While these numbers are helpful with understanding the suffering the Palestinians are going through, they leave out a lot. For starters, Israel must defend itself. They are not monsters nor are they inhumanely targeting innocent Palestinians. They are doing what is expected from any country dealing with what Israel is dealing with, they are defending themselves. The reason why the Israeli number of deaths is low is because protecting their people is what is most important to them. Yes, it is true that Gaza is poor and does not possess the same advancements that Israel has but if you know this (as Hamas does) then why play with fire? If you know that the consequences of attacking Israel will outweigh the benefits of the attack then why would chose to do it? Why would you chose to put your citizens and territory directly in harms way? It just doesn’t seem to make sense. So, yes the numbers of Palestinians killed triumphs the numbers of Israeli’s killed but these numbers should be used to support anti-Hamas over anti-Israel.
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- Mustafa Obama Backs Israeli Operation In Gaza and thinks it’s Ew, Fail & WTF
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Lisa H. 6 months agoOf course Zeya! Obviously a real peace maker would encourage Israel not to retaliate against a country ruled by a group dedicated to their total annihilation. The only road to peace must lie in allowing your citizens to be killed to the last man, woman and child then there is no reason to fight.
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Benjamin Sapiens 6 months ago“Self-defense” is no excuse for the unnecessary slaughter of innocent civilians. Only a fool would think this assault will do anything to make the Israeli people safer. If anything, this will only encourage Hamas to fight back at the oppressors who kill their people by killing those on the other side in revenge.
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Carly Mitchell 6 months ago
If not self-defense then what sir? Desperation to take territory that is rightfully someone else’s? Or maybe just pure hatred for a group of people based on their religion? Of course I do not support the unnecessary slaughtering of innocent civilians but I figure the best reason for it would be self-defense. If someone is attacking your country and killing innocent civilians (regardless of how many), what are you supposed to do? Shrug it off? No. You reciprocate, with hopes that the opposing country will discontinue the attacks. Only a fool would think that a country that is despised by basically every other country in their region would sit back and allow attacks upon them without retaliation. Israel’s main concern is the protection of their people and land. In order to do that they can at no point seem weak, as that will trigger many attacks from many countries. Lucky for them they are the furthest from weak and if Hamas wants a fight, that’s what they’ll get. Keep it mind, it is Hamas that wants the fight. If Hamas was really concerned about their citizens they would stop all the devastation and killings by simply stopping the attacks on Israel. Instead, even with the knowledge of the consequences, they continue to do it. So no, only a fool would think anything less than their best defense will keep the Israeli people safe.
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- nivint Obama Backs Israeli Operation In Gaza and thinks it’s Fail, WTF & Trashy
- mathew1211 thinks Obama Backs Israeli Operation In Gaza is Ew, Trashy & Fail
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