The Obama Administration has formally abandoned its public calls for an international probe of the Israeli attack on a Gaza-bound aid ship, insisting that reports that they were still in favor of it were false.
“We support an Israeli led investigation and we are open to potential ways in which the international community can participate in that,” insisted Philip Crowley, State Department spokesman.
11 days ago when the world was still reeling from the attack on the civilian aid ship, President Obama had made vague calls to reserve judgement until an international probe into the killings could take place. By this week, he was already making it clear that he was going to make sure that such a probe would not question the Israeli killings at all, but would instead focus on digging up dirt about the aid workers.
Even that led to Israeli condemnations, and privately the Obama Administration is said to have made deals to support only whatever internal probe Israel deigns to hold, though there remains internal opposition in Israel even to probing the killings themselves.
The “international probe,” just 11 days ago an excuse to avoid criticizing the killings in even the vaguest of terms, has at this point become inconvenient to the official Israeli narrative that the attack on the aid ship and the subsequent killings were actually a laudable act, and that the aid workers themselves, and the Turkish government which has complained so loudly about the killings, are the real villains. The narrative does not stand up to even basic scrutiny, of course, which is why even the neutered international probe, designed to demonize the aid workers and avoid even cursory examination of the attack itself, has become inconvenient.
"At the West Bank protest where Henochowicz was injured, other demonstrators who witnessed the incident said the canister was fired directly at Henochowicz from about 10 to 15 yards away. She was holding a Turkish flag and was not near the five or so Palestinian youths throwing rocks, the witnesses said."
Washington Post June 10 2010
"Emily Henochowicz, a 21-year-old visual arts student from Potomac, Md., and a dual Israeli-American citizen, was struck in the face by a canister fired by a policeman during a violent demonstration on May 31 against Israel's deadly naval raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying aid and hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists. Nine activists were killed in the raid on the same day."
AP June 7 2010
Clearly Henochowicz is a Turkish Commando in disguise. In addition to invisibility, secret Turkish medical research has pioneered biological shape shifting, and can turn virile commandos, trained to kill, armed to the teeth and in full panoply, into young female American art students with dual American Israeli citizenship.
Obama stands on the dias throwing rotten fruit at himself, how nice
The United States must move that the UN and NATO demand that the Turkish government curtail its dangerous invisibility and shape shifting medical research at once!
If this new Turkish technology gets into the hands of TERRORISTS the free world of the US and Israel will be in dire jeopardy.
Imagine if Mexico should get this technology. Millions of Mexicans could cross into US territory with no one knowing it.
Fortunately, Israeli firms are now developing new invisibility detectors that US Homeland Secuirty intends to insall behind the wall against Mexico and the electronic battlefield installed by Israel's Elbit.
But the shape shifting technology is still without an antidote.
US customs are now searching anyone coming into the US carrying a Turkish flag, just in case.
Another DANGEROUS TERRORIST FIFTH COLUMN in the US! Turks and ethnically Turkish Americans in the US:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_American
There's more of them, and much earlier, than many would think.
The various American Masonic lodges also better beware–waving a star and crescent flag could get even a 33rd degree a shot in the head with a tear gas canister.
Congress must pass a law now–painting over every star and crescent in American public buildings with crosses and mogen davids!
In fact change the stars in the US flag to six-pointed just to sure.
Watch out for this Turkish Satanic symbol:
http://www.comanalysis.ch/Images/PUBLICATIONS/PUB…
The terrorist Turks are using NATO to infiltrate the US.
Wakeup, America, before it is too late!
You stupid American brainless MF!
In New England there is a high number of Turkish and Brazilian immigrants–this is a fertile ground for the Turkish and Brazilian TERRORISTS abroad.
Keep close watch–check under the bed every night before prayer!
Bets on whether Obama would eat his own chit?
Yessuh massah suh…no investigation suh!
If AIPAC told him to he would.
AIPAC commanded,
and Obama recited,
"YES, WE CAN….."
It would seem that Nethanyahu's life is a long series of underhanded false pretenses. He like many others, has made an art of passing himself off for what he is not. For all the war-mongering neocons, illusion, where there is no need for truth and no squeamish revulsion to blood-letting, replaces reality. rules and sits on the throne alone.
National powers are totally self-centered and provide the perfect stage for totally self centered indivuals to rise to positions of power and control, grinding all who stand in their way to a pulp.
Israel investigating Israel would be like the Manson family investigating the Helter Skelter murders..This Kenyan eunuch and Israel butt-boy is totally devoid of any shame. Where do we find such men?
Both political parties are run by AIPAC. So is Rand Paul. Fixing this will take lots of hard work because frankly, thanks to the GOP installed members of the Supreme Court, campaign finance laws are being eliminated rapidly. Of course, libertarians are OK with this, I fear.
As if "campaign finance"—or any other piddling "reform" issuing from within the system—would put the merest dent in Leviathan's scaly bulk! And any dreams of MAJOR reforms by disinterested statesmen are of the pipe variety. After all, just *who* do you think "gets on top" in a statist system? As for salvation by democracy: look around at the dead-eyed mob who comprise the bulk of the citizenry . . . . No, I'm afraid the beast is just going to have to collapse under its own weight.
But you're quite right about the Israel Lobby—and Rand Paul, too, alas.
"Mob"–that's no mob. That's more an animate passive mood. If the US had a genuine mob there would be a guillotine at every crossroads.
A valid point. "Herd" is perhaps an apter term.
Obama looks closer to Middle Eastern decent than Netanyahu (who happens to look Russian).
Just saying.
Then again, in this pic, Netanyahu looks like a character in a Lord of the Rings movie, but still not Middle Eastern by ANY stretch.
Until "Dual-citizens" are forbidden in the US positions of power this will continue. NOTHING will change, and (like Cancer) will probably worsen.
It's time for examination of law which strictly forbids "dual-citizens" from ANY country holding ANY office of power in the USA.
Been trying to peg Netanyahu–Karl Malden without the nose. But you are on to something with Lord of the Rings.
To me he just looks like a total asshole.
No–that is not sufficient. Arrogant, a cat who ate the canary look, unable not to act, many different personae.
He's not chess player–closer to a card sharp.
His vulnerability is that he wants both to be seen and not seen.
Without dual israeli citizens, the country couldn't operate.
Perhaps it just needs time to recuperate from too much "operating."
It is becoming more and more obvious that the US, Israel, and some of its cowtowing friends think that they are untouchables, so that they could get away with any crime. This is a big mistake such empires have experienced in the past again and again. They do not think that there is any opposition of the people to their governments, governments which are corrupt, being paid by and operate in line with the emperor. (Best examples were the East German governments operated by the Soviet Union). Here in Europe these US-Israel friendly governments sit on a very thin layer of party buerocrats. They have almost lost touch with the common people who are digusted with their governments. Elections don't change anything since each of the elected party will act again and again inline with the supressor. Best sign is the so-called eelection tiredness of about 50 % of the eligible population. But that will change with a bang! And in not so far future.
And then the US andIsrael will have to look for supporters, since their best friends will hang with ropes on street trees. I hope I will still have chance to see that!
W
The collapsing British Empire and the last days of Austro-Hungary come to mind actually.
It just proves that his puppetmaster in Israel are pulling Obumas strings again.
Barack Hussein Obama has the a backbone that isd about as stiff as a wet noodle – he is a smiling idiot! As to Netanyahu – Hitler would be proud of him!
Obama has no conviction, no moral compass. Lo and behold, he has now become the anti-Muslim Muslim, the new Zionist crusader!
Imagine my surprise.
The US and Israel, two of the finest examples of government corruption and hypocrisy available.
Apartheid, piracy, kidnapping and murder are wrong, using brutality to enforce Apartheid is evil, and never succeeds in the long term.
Supporting Apartheid is wrong, ignoring the brutality used to enforce it is evil.
Israel and the US have sealed their fates, they will fall, together or separate, but fall they will.
More proof that the US government is entirely owned by Israel. And more proof that most Americans are dumber than crap for not even recognizing it.
Your statement is as true as it is sad.
My trucking friends refer to the "Rest Areas' along the Inter-State highways as 'Pickle Parks.' Apparently President Obama prefers his pickles 'KOSHER'.
The lobby did its job. Now back to the big project. Getting America to fight a war with Iran for Israel.
O = W
Obama is a feckless dupe. The only question now is whether to let the Republicans take the election in 2012, or back another Democratic Israeli shill for president against Obama. What a choice!
Is there any doubt that we have the best Congress AIPAC can buy? An Israeli-led investigation? Yeah, that'll uncover tons of malfeasance, I'm sure.
Who does that State Department pinhead think he's fooling? Was his nose growing when talked about international participation?
Our government is chalk full of morons and cowards. Hey, Obama and Co: how about growing a spine and telling the Israeli's to go pound sand?