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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 07, 2010 6:39 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Harry Reid: I look forward to Israel's probe of
itself</DIV></DIV>
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<H1>Harry Reid: I look forward to Israel's probe of itself</H1><FONT size=2>
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href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/06/harry_reid_i_look_forward_to_i.html"
target=_blank>http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/06/harry_reid_i_look_forward_to_i.html</A></DIV>
<DIV>by Greg Sargent</DIV>
<DIV>With another aid ship steaming towards Gaza, </FONT><U><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Harry Reid</U></FONT></FONT><FONT size=2>, the
second most powerful member of the Democratic Party in the country, issues an
oddly-timed statement strongly defending Israel's flotilla raid:</DIV></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE>"Israel is one of our strongest and most important allies, and the
United States stands firmly with Israel at this critical time. </BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>"I deeply regret the loss of life in the flotilla incident,
including the death of an American citizen. </BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>"Israel has an obligation to protect its citizens and therefore
has a clear right under international law to prevent weapons from getting in
the hands of terrorists determined to target them. Israel indicated it was
willing to put in place a process to ensure that legitimate humanitarian
relief reached Gaza. Unfortunately this offer was rejected. </BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>"Israel has pledged to carry out a transparent and thorough
investigation of this incident, and I look forward to its
findings."</BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=2>
<DIV>Notice that there's only "regret," no hint of condemnation, over the
American citizen's death. Notice that the statement comes close to blaming the
flotilla activists for provoking the incident by rejecting the offer by Israel
to transport the aid over land. And notice the blanket endorsement of Israel
overseeing the probe of the incident, with no call for any international
involvement.</DIV>
<DIV>Behold the mainstream of your Democratic Party. There's no balance here
whatsoever. </DIV>
<DIV>By Greg Sargent | June 4, 2010; 12:20 PM ET</DIV></FONT>
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