Greenwald: "Watching the U.S. Government refuse even to pretend to care that Israel killed one of its unarmed citizens was one of the most glaring episodes yet

Greenwald: "Watching the U.S. Government refuse even to pretend to care that Israel killed one of its unarmed citizens was one of the most glaring episodes yet demonstrating how defending Israel is prioritized by the U.S. above even a defense of its own citizens."

How a normal, healthy government behaves

Relations between Israel and Turkey have become increasingly strained ever since Israel attacked the Mavi Marmara last year, shot and killed 9 people aboard (8 Turkish citizens and 1 American teenager), and then steadfastly refused to apologized.  That's because normal, healthy governments get angry when foreign armies shoot and kill their unarmed citizens for no good reason:

 

Once a close ally of Israel, Turkey accelerated its growing stature across the Arab world -- and further upended the regional order -- when it downgraded diplomatic relations with Israel and expelled its ambassador early this month after Israel refused to issue an apology for a deadly commando raid last year aboard an aid ship trying to break the embargo of the Gaza Strip. . . .

[Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip] Erdogan seemed to present himself as a spokesman for the backlash against Israel unleashed by the revolts across the region.

"Israel is the West’s spoiled child," he said, "to this day it has never executed a decision by the international community."

Asked about Turkey’s downgrade of diplomatic relations with Israel, he vowed that his nation would not back down until Israel apologized for its forces killing eight Turkish citizens and an American of Turkish decent aboard an aid flotilla seized in international waters on its way to the blockaded Gaza Strip. "Israel cannot play with our dignity," he said.

That reaction stands in very stark contrast to the response to that Israeli attack from the Obama administration, which not only isolated itself from the rest of the world to defend Israel (as usual), but actually took this repellent position even in the face of the Israelis' killing of 19-year-old American Furkan Dogan (click image to enlarge):

MORE http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/09/13/turkey/index.html

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Comment by Pamela Ida Prince on September 16, 2011 at 6:46pm

I did a quick search on this subject & found ''Aussie Digger''  & one entry brought me back here, the other also worth a read,

 http://www.intifada-palestine.com/2011/09/one-eyed-men-in-the-world...–-an-analysis-by-dr-lawrence-davidson/

Comment by Pamela Ida Prince on September 16, 2011 at 6:38pm
 In the early 1980's I left a certain Christian Sect because I had a difference of opinion on Blood.  My youngest was fighting for his life after a head injury.  Deep down in my sub-conscious I was fighting the idea that Israel would rule the world,  we were looking forward to the day whey every tongue would speak Hebrew.   Heck no, that was what I was fighting, plus the absolute rule of the Husband in a marriage.  I have remained single since my X British Navy Stoke died in 1981, leaving me with 5 young children to rear on my own.  We cannot boycott any of Israel business as they have infiltrated every corner of the globe
Comment by truth on September 14, 2011 at 12:14pm
demonstrating how defending Israel is prioritized by the U.S. above even a defense of its own citizens."

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