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| Sec of State Clinton Says Stuff on Israel-Gaza Situation |
| 2009-01-27 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday that Israel had a right to defend itself and that Palestinian rocket attacks on the Jewish territory could not go unanswered. probably this is not about today's events, but the main part of Op Lead Cast "We support Israel's right to self-defense. The [Palestinian] rocket barrages which are getting closer and closer to populated areas [in Israel] cannot go unanswered," Clinton said in her first news conference at the State Department. seems goofy since Hamas has been hitting populated areas since they even before they took over Gaza "It is regrettable that the Hamas leadership apparently believes that it is in their interest to provoke the right of self-defense instead of building a better future for the people of Gaza," she added. and since the Obama Admin's policy is to blame Bush for everything, she added this More broadly, Clinton said her initial round of telephone calls with world leaders has yielded positive signs. "There's a great exhalation of breath going on around the world as people express their appreciation for the new direction that's being set and the team that's [been] put together by the president," she said. "In areas of the world that have felt either overlooked or not receiving appropriate attention to the problems they are experiencing, there's a welcoming of the engagement that we are promising," she said. "It's not any kind of repudiation or indictment of the past eight years so much as an excitement and an acceptance of how we are going to be doing business." of course the next section repudiates away "We have a lot of damage to repair," she said, referring to U.S. foreign relations as they stood when President George W. Bush left office January 20. |
| Posted by:mhw |
| #1 "We have a lot of damage to repair,"... ...and even more damage to create. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-01-27 13:05 |