69 Comments

• shuvonn | Jun 13, 2010, 09:25 AM EDT

  Watchman I am aware of the difference between NATO and EU, however I should have clarified Ireland's actual relationship with NATO. In 1999 Ireland signed up to the PfP AND the EAPC. Partnership for Peace and Euro Atlantic Partnership Council. And Ireland IS a member of an EU Military alliance. Ireland has participated in NATO led peace operations in Bosnia and Kosovo. So it's a NATO Partner. WX: If you want to nit pick about calling the planes that land in Shannon as not being military yet carrying troops, then knock yourself out, but they ARE refueled there :-)

• Watchman | Jun 13, 2010, 04:58 AM EDT

  Shuvonn: Ireland is a member of the European Union (EU). It is NOT a member of Nato, which is a quite separate organisation.

• irishwxman | Jun 12, 2010, 02:20 PM EDT

  P.S. No I'm not. :-) I have been through Shannon multiple time both as a civilian visiting my family and as a soldier. None of those times was I on board nor were there any military aircraft. You know not what you speak of. Sorry.

• shuvonn | Jun 12, 2010, 03:43 AM EDT

  Sure didn't we all love Bertie, there is no one here speaking badly of him :-) Did ya not know we even pay him more than the US President gets paid? Not anti-Ireland at all at all :-) Not anti-American, not even anti-Israeli, like I told ya they grow GORGEOUS tomatoes.... P.S. you are wrong about the re-fueling :-)

• irishwxman | Jun 10, 2010, 01:14 PM EDT

  you know it is anti-Ireland to bad mouth Bertie. You are so anti-Ireland it's not even funny. Like totally anti-Ireland.

• irishwxman | Jun 10, 2010, 01:12 PM EDT

  Yes I have been to Shannon lately. I was there 3 months ago. And your point is what exactly?? I went through Shannon before I entered into theater as well. They were very friendly to us. But the planes that are being refueled are NOT military aircraft. they are military contract commercial airlines. They are not C-130's or C-17's. So once again you prove your ignorance. You really don't have a clue do you?

• shuvonn | Jun 10, 2010, 11:55 AM EDT

  WX: Have YOU been to Shannon lately? EVERY TIME I am there, it is FULL of American troops on their way to and from Iraq, while the planes are being REFUELED. I KNOW someone who works there :-) It's a DAILY occurrence. You are incorrect in your assertion that the planes have stopped re-fueling there. Bertie is gone ages and writing books and drinking at his local in Dublin :-) and making LOTSA money making speeches. DO check your facts, Ireland is NOT neutral, it is FULL member of the EU and as such a member of NATO, and fully signed up to the Maastricht and Lisbon Treaty both of which make joint decisions about Foreign Policy and Military matters for EU states. So Ireland is aiding the US in their war in Iraq :-) and not neutral, FACT. I find it amusing that people accuse Obama of shoving healthcare down the throats of the US, it was a campaign promise like Mairead said AND that IS democracy in action. Once the majority votes for something, it goes through, don't count Obama out as a one term president, he ain't done yet and it is rather anti-American to be speaking so disrespectfully of the US president, the one the MAJORITY voted in...

• irishwxman | Jun 10, 2010, 11:34 AM EDT

  young people are still dying? have you been to Iraq? I have. twice. I didn't see any young people dying. I don't know where you get your stories. And Palin in WW3? huh? When you get your nose out of Obama's ass long enough to breath your own oxygen, maybe you will see how poorly he is handling it. And how poorly he is handling the country's debt.

• maireadinmelb | Jun 09, 2010, 11:34 PM EDT

  Bit hard to get over Iraq when young people are still dying. Palin in the white house and we would be WWIII! What other option does he Obama have re BP?? WHat could he do they are a private company and it is their equipment at the moment number one priority is to clean up the mess and deal wiht BP later. Further Health care was an election promise!! it was not forced down your throat! if Americans did not want all they had to do was get out and vote for the other guy! God help us all if Palin is ever in the white house!!

• irishwxman | Jun 09, 2010, 10:13 PM EDT

  maireadinmelb get over the Iraq BS. We're there, its over, end of story. Perhaps you wanted Saddam Hussein to still be in control there. And I never said Obama is the reason for the spill...I'm saying he is handling it like the inexperienced man-child baby that he is. He has no clue what he is doing, ans he is already losing support from his base over it. Face it, he's outta there in 2 more years. Palin would have been a much better president than Obama. I can guarantee she wouldn't have shoved healthcare down our throats or spent taxpayer money like a drunken sailor the way Obama has.

• maireadinmelb | Jun 09, 2010, 07:16 PM EDT

  If Ireland should mind its own business why shouldnt the yanks mind there own business in Iraq! Neutral or not - allowing soldiers in is not neutral - nearly as comical as de Valera's attempt at neutrality in WWII. Once Again how is it Obama's fault that BP did not maintain its equipment!! And if Americans did not want health reform you would McCain & Palin in the White house! and that my friends is a very very scary thought!!

• irishwxman | Jun 09, 2010, 11:25 AM EDT

  Shuvonn once again you are talking out of your ass. The US is the biggest ally Ireland has. And Shannon is not refueling US military planes. They are commercial planes, so there is no support for "our" Iraq war. Ahern stopped refueling military aircraft in order to stay neutral. So once again you are talking about subjects in which you have no clue. While Ireland has every right to remain neutral, they will still support the US and allow their soldiers to lay over in Shannon before deployment into theater.

• irishwxman | Jun 09, 2010, 11:20 AM EDT

  You dare suggest and you be wrong. Obama created this mess, and the DEMocrat controlled congress since 06. They have had the reigns for over 4 years. Its time to take responsibility and get off of the "blame Bush" bandwagon. You cannot place blame anymore. This is Obama's problem. Bush didn't cause that oil spill int the gulf. Bush didn't force healthcare through against the will of the people. Bush didn't oppose an AZ immigration law that is strongly supported by the American public. This is all Obama and the democrats...and they will be gone this November.

• shuvonn | Jun 09, 2010, 10:00 AM EDT

  willieBOY: Ireland should mind their own business? Should we do so when we are ALLOWING US planes to land daily in Shannon to re-fuel for YOUR war in Iraq?

• maireadinmelb | Jun 09, 2010, 02:42 AM EDT

  I dare suggest the economic distress USA is currently experiencing was from years of REpublican governments hands off attitude to big business that made and squandered millions at the cost of the everyday hard working americans. Further BP stuffing up in the gulf probably has a lot to do with Bush reversing all hte environmental progress Clinton made, and again letting big business do whatever it wants in teh pursuit of money!! Hardly Obama's fault that BP have not maintained its equipment!!

• irishwxman | Jun 09, 2010, 12:30 AM EDT

  and social justice is a Marxist mentality. it is not the American way and it is strongly rejected.

• irishwxman | Jun 09, 2010, 12:29 AM EDT

  Comparing Kennedy (John F. not his lunatic murdering brother teddy) to Obama is comparing apples to oranges. JFK was not as liberal as people think. And trust me...Obama is out after this term. he has created more debt than any sitting president in history, he goes against popular demand, i.e. healthcare, the AZ immigration law, and this oil spill in the gulf is the biggest fiasco he could ever want. They are lumping this up there with Carter's mishandling of the Iranian hostage crisis. Face it, Obama is done, and the dems are done this November. lets just hope the damage is not irreparable.

• maireadinmelb | Jun 09, 2010, 12:17 AM EDT

  I think it is a bit early to call him a one term president with the next election taking place in Nov 2012! Secondly his ideology is democratic, the same as Roosevelt and Kennedy. It is easy to understand, there is a component of social justice and equality for all!

• irishwxman | Jun 08, 2010, 08:23 PM EDT

  I don't hate Obama, I hate his politics. I'm sure as a person he is lovely. But his political ideology is as warped as i have ever seen. And you can repeat it over and over again that he won the election....but NOW, TODAY, he is very unpopular. He is a one term president; thanks for playing. Now grow up, and stop acting like a broken record. Calling me anti-America for disagreeing with our loony president doesn't make me anti-American.

• willieboy | Jun 08, 2010, 07:33 PM EDT

  And lucky they were. doesn't Ireland have enough trouble? Mind your own business...

• shuvonn | Jun 08, 2010, 07:12 PM EDT

  WX: One that resorts to name calling is the one that is generally labeled as immature. Obama is seen quite favorably in the eyes of the world, and where is your proof that the majority of Americans ( yes we KNOW, you do not care for him and are anti-American) but you do not represent the majority, as the proof of Obama being voted in even though YOU hate him :-) Nor do you speak for the rest of the world, wind your neck in....

• irishwxman | Jun 08, 2010, 06:09 PM EDT

  Yes Shuvonn....VERY immature.

• irishwxman | Jun 08, 2010, 06:08 PM EDT

  Maybe in your eyes maireadinmelb, but the rest of the world and now most Americans think is a royal screw up.

• killowen | Jun 08, 2010, 04:14 PM EDT

  But Israel snubbed the United States, placing it in a double-bind situation. The White House cannot oppose the conference demand without exposing Barack Obama to ridicule, because he has come out in favor of nuclear disarmament. The president himself, in spite of everything, issued a statement objecting to any attempt to single out Israel. Nothing new, but a failure because, barely hours after that expression of support, the Israeli army attacked an international flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip. Deaths and injuries; arrogant official justifications; incredible accusations from Tel Aviv against the aid volunteers, calling them agents of Al Qaeda; all increased the international condemnation, on the same day that the 14th Session of the UN Human Rights Council began in Geneva. It remains to be seen how Washington can survive this bloody and senseless crime without completely destroying its badly damaged credibility.

• killowen | Jun 08, 2010, 04:10 PM EDT

  Israel was also asked to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty and to submit to routine inspections, as is the case with all the other member countries. Its pretension to be unique is not acceptable. But Israel snubbed the United States, placing it in a double-bind situation. The White House cannot oppose the conference demand without exposing Barack Obama to ridicule, because he has come out in favor of nuclear disarmament. The president himself, in spite of everything, issued a statement objecting to any attempt to single out Israel. Nothing new, but a failure because, barely hours after that expression of support, the Israeli army attacked an international flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip. Deaths and injuries; arrogant official justifications; incredible accusations from Tel Aviv against the aid volunteers, calling them agents of Al Qaeda; all increased the international condemnation, on the same day that the 14th Session of the UN Human Rights Council began in Geneva. It remains to be seen how Washington can survive this bloody and senseless crime without completely destroying its badly damaged credibility.

• shuvonn | Jun 08, 2010, 08:00 AM EDT

  WX: YOU are the one who is name calling, resorting to personal insults and you deem ME to be immature?

• maireadinmelb | Jun 08, 2010, 07:46 AM EDT

  Obama represents a much better picture of America, than you do irishwxman, just an international perspective!

• irishwxman | Jun 07, 2010, 11:44 PM EDT

  ...Do you go back and re-read what you type? Me thinks you don't. You just run off on these tangents that have nothing to do with the topic of discussion. Where did Iraq fit in to all this? Anyway...I will continue this debate after you remove your head from your rectum, and maybe grow up a bit.

• irishwxman | Jun 07, 2010, 11:43 PM EDT

  Obama does represent America. But he is a very poor representation of this great nation. My contempt for him does not mean that I am against my own country. You are just being silly now. Where does Saddam Hussein fit in to your 9/11 diatribe? AS I said....the bull you pull out of your back side...

• shuvonn | Jun 07, 2010, 10:59 PM EDT

  So Obama does not represent America now in the eyes of the world? Sadam Hussein represented Iraq, and yet Iraq was NOT responsible for 9/11. Those supposed weapons of Mass destruction were never found and Saddam paid with his life for representing Iraq. And you ARE anti MUSLIM, ALL of them, not just the ones who are radical because YOU have labeled everyone on that Turkish vessel a terrorist thereby a label makes them meaningless to you. Yet Turkey is an ally of Israel. You ARE anti-American because you are critical of the president who is seen as a representative of the US world wide. I am not calling you anti-American to be childish, I am calling you that because you are critical of your government, making YOU anti-American. What happened to the Dixie chicks then THEY were critical of George BUSH? And you have just called YOURSELF *thick as a ditch* because it is the ideology that you are objecting to for the people of Gaza having voted in Hamas. SO you want to deny ALL of them aid for that choice. AS far as you are concerned their voting in that government denies them the right to any kind of humanitarian aid. And it is the ideology of Obama you object to and Obama has the power to make choices and decisions for the US that could affect the way in which the US is perceived world wide and as such IS the representative of the US world wide. Ireland had days of mourning for 9/11 and do not forget it was not just Americans that died that day. I do not wish to *spite you* this is nothing personal, we disagree, let's leave it at that....it seems you cannot disagree without insult....

• irishwxman | Jun 07, 2010, 09:56 PM EDT

  And this comment, "And that government IS the representative of that country WORLD WIDE" makes absolutely zero sense. Now holding it against all Muslims is an incorrect assessment of where I stand. I am against RADICAL Muslims who wish to destroy Israel and anyone affiliated with them vis-a-vis the United States. (9-11 ringing any bells) I think you just like to call me anti-American to spite me for calling you anti Israel. Very childish.

• irishwxman | Jun 07, 2010, 09:56 PM EDT

  I never said it wasn't OK for you to bad mouth Israel. See...this is why I believe you are nothing more than a high school child who can't even wipe her nose. The bull you pull out of your rear astounds me. And you're as thick as a ditch. Anyone who cannot distinguish being critical of an individual, or a political ideology and agenda, is not even in the same neighborhood as being against the country they are governing. How you come up with that dribble is beyond me.

• shuvonn | Jun 07, 2010, 09:28 PM EDT

  WX: So its OK for YOU to be critical of Obama, but no one can be critical of Israel OR their government who are responsible for this flotilla diasater...double standards indeed... SO that makes you anti-American AND hypocritical. Being critical of the government that IS the legally elected representative of the country IS tantamount to being critical of the country. The MAJORITY of that country VOTED that government in and that government IS the representative of that country WORLD WIDE... You do not care for the government Gaza and yet seem to hold it against ALL Muslims as you object to the aid being delivered and consider them ALL terrorists because they voted them in, are YOU getting this..... Never mind answering because there is one rule for anti-Americans and another for what you call Anti-Israelis. There are many things I love about Ireland, and yet there are some I do not care for but that does not make me anti-Irish.

• irishwxman | Jun 07, 2010, 07:15 PM EDT

  Again with this anti-Americanism because I think Obama is a tool. Again, for the 9 millionth time, that does not make me anti-American, it makes me anti-Obama, anti-Democrat, and anti-liberal. When I say bad things about America as a country, THEN I can be labeled as anti-America. I will not bad mouth my country because I love it. If I didn't love it, I wouldn't be so anti-Obama considering he is destroying it from the inside. You have been bashing the country of Israel, so that in turn makes you anti-Israel.

• shuvonn | Jun 07, 2010, 06:49 PM EDT

  WX: As Voltaire said "I do not agree with what you have to say,but I'll defend to the death your right to say it" Apparently you do not think that same right should be afforded to anyone with anything negative to say about Israel. Funny you are quite critical of Obama, does that make you anti-American?

• killowen | Jun 07, 2010, 06:23 PM EDT

  The power of the Jew in a word; Helen Thomas Goys dig your head deeper in the sand. Satan is now free to do as it will with Obama Biden Congressman King, O'Reilly .... all up their as....

• irishwxman | Jun 07, 2010, 05:46 PM EDT

  Shuvonn...of you bothered to do any research you would know that Helen Thomas is NOT Jewish, but a christian of Greek orthodox...and apparently now she is a bigoted Nazi.

• Strongbow | Jun 07, 2010, 04:37 PM EDT

  These pawns of Hizbollah and Hamas and by extension the freedom loving Iranian regime should have been deported to Guantanamo Bay.

• hancock | Jun 07, 2010, 04:29 PM EDT

  Should Israel be wiped off the map? Think before you answer because your friends might disagree.

• shuvonn | Jun 07, 2010, 03:17 PM EDT

  FLAIRISH: I have for years been hoping that the Palestinians will recognize Israels right to exist as I sincerely hope Israel recognizes Palestinians right to a state of their own. I would love to see the rockets into Israel stop as I would the ones into Gaza stop. WX:Like I have already stated I was no fan of Helen Thomas, but she IS jewish so unless she is following party lines she is to be hated also? Like Voltaire said *I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it* I have no wicked hatred for Isrealis, and you are a big fan of lumping and labeling so knock yourself out. As for your blood pressure, don't let different opinion to yours upset ya so much, Take a chill pill and take some time out to make or watch another pro-israeli video why dontcha? They sure are out in force now. I see not one ounce of compassion for ANYONE except Israel in your posts, and that is NOT the kind of Catholic God I KNOW. I do not need to just have my 45 mins in a pew weekly, MY God and I are on good terms and I prefer to live my life treating others as I would like to be treated. One may not always share the opinions of others, but they DO have the right to have them. And I can see there is right on both sides here but THIS time Israel screwed that up and may have jepordized their ONLY ally in the Middle East... And it is amazing how one can manipulate video and audio recordings when it suits your agenda. They have refused an independent inquiry requested by Hilary Clinton, confiscated cell phones, camera and memory cards of all journaliasts on board ANY of the flotilla vessles and they stopped the live feed, now why on earth would ANYONE need to do that unless it was hiding something....

• Southernpride | Jun 07, 2010, 03:09 PM EDT

  Irishwzman: It's rather futile arguing with pot smoking liberal lunatics who are weak, and see themselves as victims and losers Here's a quote from Stuart Mill that sums up those loons: "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself".

• irishwxman | Jun 07, 2010, 02:45 PM EDT

  No...I think what FlaIrish means is that the crew of the Rachel Corrie cooperated with the Israelis and did everything that was asked of them...not beat them with clubs and pipes and throw fire grenades. Those are the terrorists that s/he was referring to.

• PHPEARSE | Jun 07, 2010, 02:26 PM EDT

  FlaIrish: "Congratulations to the Rachel Corrie for a peaceful demonstration - much different than the terrorist thugs last week that had an entirely different agenda". I assume you mean the ones who killed nine people?

• irishwxman | Jun 07, 2010, 02:14 PM EDT

  I am done with you Shuvonn. You and people like you make me so sick. My blood pressure can't take anymore of your anti-Semitic liberal lunacy. You are closed minded to anything that isn't anti Israel. Obviously I am not Jewish....but Catholic. I have compassion. I know Israel is not perfect, but they are not radical Islamic terrorist who wish to murder everyone who sympathizes with Israel. But I understand that they just cannot seem to win. Helen Thomas is a bigoted and horrible person...and you and sean and the rest of ye are lumped right up there with her. I hope your wicked hatred for the Israelis gives you peace at night. Just know there is always room for you in Iran. You would fit in quite nicely with the holocaust denying people who hope to rid the world of Israel.

• FlaIrishLad | Jun 07, 2010, 02:02 PM EDT

  Congratulations to the Rachel Corrie for a peaceful demonstration - much different than the terrorist thugs last week that had an entirely different agenda. The Rachel Corrie crew has had their time in the spotlight, they'll go home to cheers and toasts, but what have they accomplished? Only bringing some supplies (hopefully, all legit supplies!) to some people who probably need the basics - Learn to respect the rights of a country (including our own in America) to defend itself and if you really want to help, urge Hamas and other Palestinians to respect the Israel right to exist and to live in peace, then go to the peace table to work out the future.

• shuvonn | Jun 07, 2010, 12:49 PM EDT

  WX: And when are you going to make a comment on the true *democracy* of the Knesset when they do not allow Haneen Zoabi to even speak, they are now recommending she be thrown out of Israel and the Knesset and there is a facebook group advocating her murder, any words of outrage for that ? I was under the impression that Helen Thomas WAS jewish, I guess we now know what kind of democracy YOU advocate for jews, IF you do not tow the line and you are not really jewish? So that is ONLY okay when YOU are complaining about muslim countries,. .... sure why didnt ya say? We ALL know that over 6 million jews lost their lives during the holocaust, they never let us forget it. Oh and the lads who made the we con the world video told me to tell you, you were a little off key, and you didn't know the words so they will not be including you in the next video they plan to make :-)

• irishwxman | Jun 07, 2010, 12:23 PM EDT

  SO when are the lot of you meeting up with Helen Thomas so you can attend your holocaust celebration party?

• mylesie | Jun 07, 2010, 10:21 AM EDT

  Ok Wxman - now as you say they are all coming across as "terror sympathisers" but before you leave for your holiday in Israel, can you tell me how a person kidnapped on the high seas into Israel can be described as being deported? Cheers!

• PHPEARSE | Jun 07, 2010, 08:42 AM EDT

  irishwxman is continulaly whining about Israel being surrounded by enemies. This is of course a lie, since Egypt and Jordan are not enemies, and Lebanon only becomes an enemy when Israel attacks it. But what about Palestine? They're surrounded by enemies--Israel on all sides, splitting their country in two, with the hostile dictatorship of Egypt to the south. And unlike Israel, Palestine has no powerful friends in the EU and USA.

• shuvonn | Jun 07, 2010, 03:52 AM EDT

  WX:You accuse anyone who is critical of Israel of only seeing one side and yet YOU are guilty of same, you have only read what YOU want to read into any post that is in anyway critical towards Israel. You have called people names, thrown insults. I have repeatedly said I would like to rockets into Israel to stop. I say the same of the rockets into Gaza, but to YOU only the rockets into Israel count. Israel is surrounded by enemies, but what of the ally Turkey whose citizens were just killed on a Turkish ship in International waters? What of THEM?

• irishwxman | Jun 06, 2010, 10:03 PM EDT

  no what I am concerned with...if you bothered reading beyond what you want to read...is that fact that every country that surrounds Israel, including your precious Palestine wants to obliterate Israel off the map. Where is the outrage for that? And you call me disgusting. You all are coming across as terror sympathizers.

• PHPEARSE | Jun 06, 2010, 09:37 PM EDT

  irishwxman: So just as I thought, you are only concerned with rockets etc. when they are going in one direction., When, as happens far more often, they are streaming into Gaza, you think that's great. What a nasty piece of work you are. Disgusting.

• irishwxman | Jun 06, 2010, 09:32 PM EDT

  But the rockets into Israel are not? You people are so one sided. Israel is the villain, but not the radical Islamic terror organization hamas? how does that work?

• PHPEARSE | Jun 06, 2010, 09:15 PM EDT

  irishwxman: "the rockets are a big deal" They sure are. The Israeli rockets, artillery, bombs from airplanes etc. etc. are a very big deal for the people of Gaza.

• PHPEARSE | Jun 06, 2010, 09:13 PM EDT

  What guarantee do we have that the Israelis won't steal some of the aid supplies? Those supplies were collected and putchased by people of conscience in Ireland--they don't want them stolen by the Israelis!

• irishwxman | Jun 06, 2010, 08:48 PM EDT

  maxkpp67..."Israel does not have the right to exist." Really? And who decides that? Tell Hitler hi for me.

• irishwxman | Jun 06, 2010, 08:46 PM EDT

  Sure I would feel bad about that....if it were true. Funny how all I hear on this thread is all the horrible things Israel does, but not all the horrible things the Palestinians do, and Hamas does. I guess they do get a pass. You mention the rockets, but you fail to mention all the Israeli women and children that are brutally murdered at the hands of Hamas. (Palestine) Now why is that exactly? Are Israeli lives not as precious as Palestinians? just sayin. Well I just read Iran offered to escort the next flotilla ship. I bet you guys are all over that one.

• CanadianPat | Jun 06, 2010, 08:45 PM EDT

  Irishwxman,do you ever stop your raving long enought to check news reports ? Isreal has once again changed their story !They refuse to partake in an international investagation ; the innocent have nothing to hide ! Eye witness reports do not support any of their versions including the newest.etc.,etc.....

• maxkpp67 | Jun 06, 2010, 07:35 PM EDT

  Israel is a terrorist country that does not have the right to exist.

• shuvonn | Jun 06, 2010, 07:09 PM EDT

  The only rockets that count to you are the ones that have gone into Israel. The only lives that count are Israeli or jewish lives. It appears that you have a different rule for governments as anything that Israel does is okay in your book. Yes, the rockets ARE a big deal, but the ones going into Gaza are not to you, the lives of Palestinians are not of any consequence to you. The 75% less aid since the illegal blockade going into Gaza seems to not bother YOU one bit. No one said it was okay for radical islamic terrorists to shoot rockets into Israel but by the same token I do not think it is OK for radical Israeli governments to shoot rockets into Gaza to blow up vehicles, or UN schools or compounds, the Israelis SURE are good at retaliation, there are at least TEN times more Palestinian dead than Israelis.......go figure...

• irishwxman | Jun 06, 2010, 05:31 PM EDT

  No, Jon Stewart is a peace at any price liberal. He hates anything that isn't of the liberal philosophy. And yes Shuvon...the rockets are a big deal. Those don't seem to bother any of you. You are the only one I have seen that says it needs to stop. Nobody else has said a word about it. I guess its OK for Radical Islamic terrorists to shoot rockets into Israel, but its not OK for Israel to retaliate? What a bunch of horse squeeze.

• shuvonn | Jun 06, 2010, 05:07 PM EDT

  condemning the actions does not mean you hate anyone, just that you disagree with the actions taken. There IS a difference, even if you don't understand that..

• manofaran | Jun 06, 2010, 03:13 PM EDT

  Even Jon Stewart said the Israeli commandos are wrong. I suppose he hates Jews and loves Hamas.

• shuvonn | Jun 06, 2010, 02:12 PM EDT

  Aid into Gaza is down 75% from PRE-Illegal blockade. Turkey is an ally. NO weapons were found on any of the vessels, there are people not accounted for thus far. Israel imposed a BLACK out on all information about the flotilla. It used ONLY footage that suited their agenda, it pieced together audio to create communications that never occurred and admitted it claiming they did that to make them better to understand. The autopsies show undue force used and many were shot in the head at point blank range. Israel may have lost their only ally in the region, and I am sick of moans that they are surrounded by enemies, perhaps they are some of the way to blame for that ..... certainly they are in the case of the 9 dead Turkish natinoals

• DennisQ | Jun 06, 2010, 12:49 PM EDT

  Israel's responses have consistently out of all proportion to what they deem as "provocation." The attack on Gaza resulted in the deaths of 1,400 people, most of them civilians and many of them children. The attack on the flotilla resulted in the deaths of at least 10 people and the wounding of 30 others. This is not about elections having consequences. This is about Israel's crazy violence. Netanyahu is a madman.

• Monsoonman | Jun 06, 2010, 12:37 PM EDT

  Elections have consequences: The gazans voted in the terrorist group Hamas to rule them. The Israelis got tired of being bombarded with rockets from gaza so they voted in Netanyahu a hawk. Remember just prior to this Israel gave a large chunk of developed land to the palestinians, so much for peaceful co-existence.

• shuvonn | Jun 06, 2010, 12:31 PM EDT

  Aid allowed into gaza is down 75% since pre illegal blockade. What about the misery Israel has inflicted upon the Palestinians in Gaza? Does only the rockets that have been fired into Israel count to you? The rockets do need to stop, and there was no weapons on the vessels. Israels bans crayons, any food in cans, paper, cement. It is indeed about making the people who live in Gaza suffer.

• irishwxman | Jun 06, 2010, 12:21 PM EDT

  Oh what a load of bull Dennis. Keep your propaganda to yourself. Nobody is inflicting misery. What about the misery Hamas inflicts on the Israelis when they are lobbing rockets into Israeli cities?

• DennisQ | Jun 06, 2010, 08:13 AM EDT

  The Israeli Navy has agreed that the contents of the ship will be searched for contraband and delivered to Gaza . . . Contraband does not mean weapons or drugs, it means a wide variety of innocent products - children's toys, chocolate, coriander, paper and jam. What sort of mentality seeks to involve children in politics by denying them toys to play with? This is not about Israel's security; it's about inflicting misery on a captive population.