Posted on 06/03/2010 3:08:29 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is calling the deadly Israeli raid on an aid flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip "tragic" and says the loss of life that resulted was unnecessary.
Obama stopped short of condemning the actions of Israeli forces, saying that the U.S. wants to wait for an investigation. Obama says he believes Israel should agree to such an investigation because the incident isn't good for their long-term security.
While Obama said the deaths of nine people were unnecessary, he said the U.S. wants to wait for "an investigation of international standards" to determine the facts. Israel, he said, should agree to such an investigation.
"They recognize that this can't be good for Israel's long-term security," Obama said in an interview with CNN's Larry King airing Thursday night.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Bet no one tries running the blockade any time soon. Which is kinda the point, OBOZO JACKASS
Was it tragic when Israel boarded the other five vessels and peacefully commandeered them to the designated port? No.
So it wasn’t tragic when it boarded the sixth boat. The resistance to that boarding is recognized by international law to be a crime.
So screw you Obama, you misinformed third-grade level ding-dong of a president.
Obama just hates Israel.
They can do nothing right in his eyes.
Weren’t there Al Qaeda agents onboard that ship?
This retard is ALWAYS wrong. It was neither tragic nor unnecessary.
Right now, Israel doesn’t serve any of Pres. Obama’s purposes to glorify himself, therefore Israel gets thrown under the bus.
He should know, he was within 5000 miles of the incident when it took place.
Tell us another one, Bozo.
There are people in all 57 states that would disagree with you.
sink the Rachel Corrie
“he said the U.S. wants to wait for “an investigation of international standards” to determine the facts”
Back when the U.S. had a relationship with Israel, we probably could have had some influence over Israel in accepting an international inquiry. Now, however, we have no relationship and Israel mistrusts this administration, immensley. I wouldn’t be surprised to see them blow Obama and the UN off.
I agree. As usual, when translating what a Dem/Lib/Commie says, you must assume the opposite.
It was necessary. Without the deaths of those 9, the whole trip would have been a waste.
First, there was recruiting a bunch of people willing to risk their lives for a cause.
Then, making sure they were equipped with minimal weapons to ensure that they could not really fight off the IDF.
The arms dealers who sponsored this junket are very pleased with the deaths, but wish the deathcount had been a little higher. This blockade is causing them to loose a lot of money.
Oh, well said!
The real tragedy is the Presidency of Barak Hussein Obama.
The only “tragic” thing about it was that the Israelis did not take out two of Obama BFF’s who just so happened to be on the Hezbollah Mediterranean cruise-terrorist and murderer Bill Ayres and Obama’s biggest money bundler, funder of Hamas and Hezbollah and head of Code Pinko Jodie Evans.
Somebody tell this fool to shut the F up...
So Israel “acted stupidly”?
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