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Irrefutable evidence shows Obama doesn't understand America's greatest national security problem

 
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Irrefutable evidence shows Obama doesn't understand America's greatest national security problem
"There's no country on earth that would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders. So we are fully supportive of Israel's right to defend itself." - Barack H. Obama

Well, he's got one thing right. No country would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders. And that goes for Gaza just as much as it does for Israel.

Having lived in what David Cameron referred to as a "prison camp" for all their lives – Israel controls Gaza's airspace, territorial waters, and border crossings – and living under constant threat of Israeli F16 and drone raids, should Israel really find it surprising that young Gazans are fighting back?

Hamas may have a counterproductive and dangerous strategy driven by a violent religious ideology that ends up hurting the Palestinians more than anyone else, but that's not the point. The point is that nations don't tolerate missiles raining down on citizens. That's just as true for Palestine as it is Israel.

There are other examples which Obama would do well to consider. In the first twenty-four hours after his re-election, Obama ordered yet another drone strike in Yemen – setting the tone for the next four years.

During the Obama administration drones – or perhaps more accurately, flying death robots – have rained down missiles across a vast tract of the world. Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Libya, Somalia. Quite possibly also Iran and Syria. No trial, no hard evidence, just summary execution.

Every drone strike creates blowback. It increases hostility to Americans throughout that part of the world. It drives angry young people into the arms of violent extremists like the Taliban and Hamas. Because – as Obama rightly points out – no country would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders...

[link to azizonomics.com]





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