Rachel Maddow  Obama Defends Israel Ignores Civilian Deaths In Gaza (Nov. 19, 2012)
Channel: Gordon Coombes
Date: 2012-11-21

Rachel Maddow on her show at MSNBC Nov. 19 makes a big to do about Obama visiting Burma and Thailand and his defense of Israel . Obama sent Hillary Clinton to broker a truce between Gaza and Israel. He says Israel has the right to defend itself against rockets being launched in Gaza . But my take on this is that Maddow is too optimistic and unrealistic in believing Obama is doing the right thing.  The author at  Gord's Poetry Factory believes Obama is ignoring the fact that Gaza is under an illegal and immoral siege and that it too has a right to defend itself and in the case of armed conflict it didn't just begin on Nov. 10 but goes back over six years. So the conflict has not during that time ended. Israel is therefore the belligerent party not Gaza.
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