An Obama Flotilla?

Well, "a matter of time" seemes today to be measured in nanoseconds, or should that be nonsense-seconds?

Robert Malley, a sort of Obama advisor, now "envisions" that America will lead a flotilla to breach Israel's sea-route blockade of Gaza - or maybe he didn't hear the prompter (*) well enough?.

Here:

Obama could dispatch an American flotilla to Gaza, comprised of the USNS Comfort and humanitarian cargo ships. That would certainly be in keeping with other humanitarian missions the US military has volunteered for around the world...

Suffice it to say an American flotilla to Gaza would have more the redemptive effect they might be seeking. In this report, I asked Robert Malley, who served the Clinton administration on Arab-Israeli affairs (and a former Obama classmate at Harvard) about that very prospect. Malley told me it was indeed not too far-fetched to envision.

I humbly suggest Obama avoid this provocation and ride the waves in the Gulf of Mexico and try not to sink there.



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Clayton Swisher who is based in Doha is the author of "The Truth About Camp David" (New York: Nation Books, 2004) and is a term member with the Council on Foreign Relations.


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And read this, other view

The Palestinian Authority owes Israel thanks for keeping Hamas at bay. The Palestinian people owe Israel thanks for weakening Hamas. The Arab states owe Israel thanks for controlling Hamas and curbing Iranian influence. The Europeans owe Israel thanks for denying Iran a port on the Mediterranean...

...According to one reliable reporter of the administration’s views, writing in the Washington Post, “The Obama team recognizes that Israel will act in its interests, but it wants Jerusalem to consider U.S. interests, as well. The administration has communicated at a senior level its fear that the Israelis sometimes ‘care about their equities, but not about ours.’ ”

This shows the Obama administration does not understand U.S. interests and equities. And it shows the administration does not understand that its pathetic desire to split the difference between the forces of civilization and the forces of terror simply emboldens our enemies—our enemies, not just Israel’s enemies. Our weakness makes the world more dangerous. The forces of civilization retreat.

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