Wednesday, August 20, 2014

U.S. State Dept. Defends Arms Sales To Turkey Despite It's Support For Hamas

View of the Department of State in Washington, DC. (Kevin Lamarque/courtesy Reuters)

State Dept. Defends Arms Sales to Turkey Despite Hamas Ties -- Washington Free Beacon

State Dept. has been holding up shipments to Israel

The State Department defended missile sales to Turkey just hours after news emerged that Ankara is hosting and abetting a senior Hamas operative who planned to violently overthrow the Palestinian government in the West Bank and wage war on Israel.

State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf defended the transfer of Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) to Turkey just days after she was forced to explain why the White House had stepped in to block similar weapons shipments to Israel.

Reporters at Harf’s daily briefing expressed confusion as to why arms shipments would be stopped to Israel yet permitted to Turkey, despite the latter nation’s increasing anti-Semitism and efforts to bolster Hamas terrorists.

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My Comment: So .... the U.S. State Dept. defends it's approval of arms sales to Turkey (even though Turkey supports Hamas) .... but holds up arms shipments to Israel during it's war against Hamas. Am I the only one who sees this for what it is .... a U.S. message to Israel that is explicitly saying that we are more closer to your enemies than we are to you.

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