Political Quotes

“our great country has many friends in the world. We are proud of all the alliances we have, but certainly our deepest attachment is that which we have with Israel. The United States and Israel have stood by each other in good times, in bad times, in times of peace, and in times of war. Right now our friends in the State of Israel are under attack. Hamas continues to indiscriminately fire thousands of rockets into Israel with the sole objective of inflicting casualties on somebody--anybody. I was watching ``NewsHour.'' Every Friday they have a commentary, usually by Shields and Brooks. Shields is supposedly the Democrat and Brooks the Republican. David Brooks said so descriptively that he had never seen a conflict or read about a conflict in the past where one of the participants said: Kill some more of my people. That is what Hamas is saying. When Hamas fires these rockets, Hamas has no idea whether they will land at a military installation--they hope; a daycare center; they don't care or an empty parking lot; they don't care. They are firing these rockets indiscriminately. Israel doesn't have the luxury of not worrying about where these rockets land. It must respond swiftly in shooting down all rockets or else risk serious harm to its people. In thwarting these rocket attacks, Israel depends on what is termed and named the ``Iron Dome.'' It is a missile defense system.…”