Gaza Flotilla Raid: "What's the Big Deal?"

says Joe Biden, who, by the way, is a self-declared Zionist.

What's the big deal?

Here's what, from Karen Kwiatkowski over at Lewrockwell.com:

"The blockade of Gaza is in the world news, but thanks to a healthy, well-financed and deeply entrenched political fifth column for all things Likud, not so much here in the United States. I suspect that fewer than one person in 1 million in this country knows what Israel’s government has already shared: the Freedom Flotilla was unarmed beyond poles and kitchen knives; two former US ambassadors and a retired American Army colonel were on board and taken prisoner, the Israeli attack occurred 85 miles off shore in international waters on a clearly marked Turkish-flagged ship, and that a young American citizen was shot in the head four times at close range, with a fifth coup de grâce to the chest. Honestly, I don’t know the order of the five shots. The boy is dead, and he was one of ours. There has been more media coverage on the death of the Gore marriage, or the status of a Kuwaiti blogger this week than the Israeli murder on the high seas. I’m almost tempted to wonder if the Israelis have heard of tasers? But as the Gaza and West Bank situations have testified for decades, proportionality of response isn’t an Israeli forte. Kind of like living with an alcoholic parent, I guess." [Emphasis is mine.]

And the vice president of the United States asks "What's the big deal?"

Guess nothin' to you, Joe.

With extrajudicial killing of US citizens by the US government openly authorized by his boss, I guess it's no big deal. I guess we should be thanking Israeli commandos for doing our CIA's work. (Of course hardly anyone in MSM paid a bit of attention to the fact that Obama had authorized the assassination of US citizens, even though it was openly discussed in a Congressional hearing.)

For those who still care, you can read Karen Kwiatkowski's article "Gazan Survivalism" (6/5/2010 Lewrockwell.com). She is a retired USAF lieutenant colonel who writes about defense issues with a libertarian perspective.

And for more on "a healthy, well-financed and deeply entrenched political fifth column for all things Likud" that Dr. Kwiatkowski talks about, here's Glenn Greenwald's latest article on Salon.com.

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