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US: Restrict Gaza operation to precise action against tunnels
Times of Israel ^ | 7/18/2014 | Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

Posted on 07/18/2014 2:42:53 AM PDT by markomalley

WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State John Kerry told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US strongly supports Israel’s right to defend itself against threats posed by the Gaza tunnels dug into Israel and urged Israel to limit its ground operation to a precision offensive against the tunnels, the State Department revealed late Thursday evening.

In a statement following a Thursday afternoon phone call between Netanyahu and Kerry as Israel launched a ground offensive into Gaza, State Department officials said that “the secretary reaffirmed [the US's] strong support for Israel’s right to defend itself against terrorist threats emanating from tunnels into Israel and expressed our view that this should be a precise operation to target tunnels, as described in a statement from the Israeli Defense Forces.”

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To: markomalley

Calls for Israeli restraint angered me during the Bush administration as we’ll. Condi Rice and Colin Powell used to urge restraint when Israel had been attacked, and I thought it was evidence of extreme stupidity back then too.

These were two people that should have known better. And if they didn’t Bush should have. Alas it happened over and over. Each time it angered me.

Now we have Lurch doing it. Obama has too. Just how much restraint would these people use if their neighbors were hitting their home with rockets?

They should STFU.


21 posted on 07/18/2014 5:31:53 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Think how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are stupider than that.)
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Now we have Lurch doing it. Obama has too. Just how much restraint would these people use if their neighbors were hitting their home with rockets?

With 300,000 new illegal aliens (including an unknown number of ISIS and Al Qaeda Terrorists) who have crossed our border this year, we may get to find out that out soon.

Will Israel call upon the United States to exercise restraint when we get hit by a thousand bombs?

22 posted on 07/18/2014 5:38:10 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: markomalley

Kerry: “I demand to be relevant!”


23 posted on 07/18/2014 5:53:33 AM PDT by onedoug
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where the kids who turn themselves in are overwhelming the border patrol so that those who are sneaking in don’t even have to sneak anymore.

If they don't have to 'sneak' in, why are they wearing these ?

Obama sneakers.


24 posted on 07/18/2014 8:24:22 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: UCANSEE2

LOL must have been a subconscious reply cause I haven’t used the word sneak in a loooooong time! LOL


25 posted on 07/18/2014 9:32:57 AM PDT by huldah1776
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To: P-Marlowe

Ouch! That’s right. Good question.


26 posted on 07/18/2014 9:58:49 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Think how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are stupider than that.)
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Here’s a running account of news reports related to these recent events with Israel and Hamas. If you want to catch up on the news accounts ... they are here ...

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/stisraelhamas/index

It’s listed from newest to oldest, so go to the bottom to start.


27 posted on 07/18/2014 11:23:58 AM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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