Thursday, 22 November 2012

Hamas bad. US drones good?

This stuck out like a sore thumb when I saw Hilary Clinton giving the US gov's position on Israel on the telly. The language she used, I thought how the hell can they talk like that about Israel and do exactly the same thing as Hamas in Pakistan?

Well today it looks like I'm not the only one to pick up on this hypocrisy. This via chycho. First, watch this little thing with Obama speaking about Israel. The language used is pretty mind-blowing in that nobody seems to notice a very big elephant in the room.



And then read this. 
To emphasize the hypocrisy of US foreign policy in the following reply from President Obama, the word “missiles” has been replaced by “drones”, the word “landing” replaced by “striking”, and the word “Israel(i)” replaced by “the country’s”. Obama’s actual video reply follows the modified quote. 

"Let's understand what the precipitating event here was that's causing the current crisis, and that was an ever-escalating number of drones that were striking, not just in the country’s territory, but in areas that are populated, and there's no country on Earth that would tolerate drones raining down on its citizens from outside its borders. 

“So we are fully supportive of the country’s right to defend itself from drones striking people's homes and workplaces and potentially killing civilians, and we will continue to support the country’s right to defend itself.” more

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