Our SoS cannot speak to appeal to everyone all the time. She has to keep in mind who is her audience? Is Hez. or Hamas the audiance? I think the answer is NO, because if they were, then she would have to use a different tone. You don't release a statement that is directed at everyone in the world. It it directed at certain people and is worded appropriatley. What if.... one of our allies hears Dr. Rice say something like, "Isreal has US backing to completely level Damascus, and Tehran and anyone else they want to in retaliation for the kidnappings", Our allies would be wondering what the hell? Yeah it might scare the heck out of the Islamocrapheads, but would that really achieve anything? No, because unless it was really done, i.e. wiping these muslim crapheads off the face of the planet, they would only see it as weak of the US to say such things, without being really "series".... So in other words, she has to tone down her statement to appease allies and cannot call for more violence, even if she knows that is what is needed to end this.
oh yeah and .........../end rant
An absolute nonsense response.
Israel, a friend and ally, was attacked. Her soldiers were killed and kidnapped and her civilians were targeted.
There is no excuse in the World in asking Israel to show restraint. None. Zero.
Maybe it's too much to expect the US to show some affirmative support but to ask for restraint is disgraceful and cowardly.