We Sunk Their Battleship

A wolf in sheep's clothing is still a wolf in sheep's clothing and a Turkish aid flotilla with terrorists is still a Turkish aid flotilla with terrorists. Of course Israel was right to invade the flotilla and x out the terrorists and arrest many others. What else were they supposed to do? Invite them to play shuffleboard? Have falafel and fries? That wouldn't have been a very prurient thing to do.

And that's because Israel's security comes first like it would in any other country. If the Palestinians hopped on a New York ferry, then Obama would be right to order the troops to close in on them. If they were floating around the Thames, then the English would be right to do the same.

And it would be a back page story, a mere blip on the computer screen. But this is Israel and the Jews we are dealing with here, so the playing field is not leveled nor even. Few express indignation when it is the Palestinians that attack the Israelis because that gets justified. The Israelis are the aggressors, they say. They are the occupier. It is an apartheid state. And people who don't know any better and are fearful and buy it.

The truth is that the Palestinians live in squalor because they choose to. And because they are adept at making babies and bombs and blaming the world for their problems. But no one ever sees the kindness that the Israelis have shown the Palestinians and the fact that Israel has allowed some aid to come in, which is something that the Palestinians would never do in return. And it's too bad, too because the Mideast could be such a powerhouse instead of a powder keg.

I don't know how George W. would have handled this, but I doubt he would have called for an investigation like Obama did or bemoan the self-inflicted squalor that the Palestinians live in, like Bill and Hillary Clinton.

The headline read that "Israel is expected to expel all activists," (read terrorists) now. They should count themselves lucky to be treated so nicely.