General Martin Dempsey pointed out that Israel had gone to “extraordinary lengths” to avoid civilian casualties among the “Palestinians.” Instead of agreeing with him or just letting it pass without comment, the State Department’s Jen Psaki actually contradicted Dempsey.
As Pamela Geller points out, “Gen. Dempsey’s opinion echoes another authoritative opinion by British Colonel Richard Kemp, who testified in front of the Goldstone committee (2009) after operation “Cast Lead” and determined that ‘the IDF did more to safeguard the rights of civilians in a combat zone then any other army in the history of warfare…'”
But this fact is buried under tons of “Palestinian” jihad propaganda, eagerly disseminated by the mainstream media, the UN, and Western governments.
“State Department Spokeswoman Picks Another Fight with Israel,” by Bryan Preston, PJ Tatler, November 7, 2014 (thanks to Pamela Geller):
According to Haaretz, Gen. Martin Dempsey, U.S. chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made some helpful and conciliatory comments toward Israel. The nation’s top military officer lauded Israel for going to “extraordinary lengths” to avoid civilian casualties during the latest round of fighting with the Palestinians.
Dempsey’s comments come after unknown figures within the Obama administration blasted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a “chickensh*t” and a coward. Relations between the U.S. and its ally, already shaky, were made shakier by those comments, and by the administration’s refusal to investigate who made the comments and reprimand them.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki was asked to react to Dempsey’s diplomatic comments during today’s press conference, by the AP’s Matt Lee. Psaki had the choice of agreeing with Gen. Dempsey, refusing to offer an opinion, or disagreeing with him — the latter, carrying the possibility of opening up another argument with Israel.
Psaki chose the latter.
Lee asked Psaki to comment on whether the Obama administration believes that the Israelis lived up to their own “high standards” on civilian casualties.
Psaki undiplomatically replied, “It remains the broad view of this administration that they could’ve done more. And they shouldv’e taken feasible precautions to prevent more civilian casualties.”…
Such as
Rob says
What? Could have done more?
How – by firing blanks?
shosh7154 says
Rob, you have captured decades of evidence in four words.
dsinc says
Rob, you hit the nail on the head, but even that would not pacify the anti-Israel crowd. The noise from firing blanks would distract them from their planning on how to destroy Israel.
IQ al Rassooli says
The PATHOLOGY of this administration is immense
US drones have slaughtered HUNDREDS if not thousands of Muslim civilians over the last decade without ONCE giving them a single warning unlike Israel
They are doing the same in Iraq & Syria as we speak
Psaki is just another EVIL Israel bashing mouthpiece for Obama the Muslim
What is most disgusting is the SUBMISSION of all these so called ‘reporters’ not a single one having had either the decency or the backbone to discredit her answer by asking her ” what is the USA doing to warn people before drones blow them up?”
This is exactly WHY this administration has become the laughing stock of most other countries because no one stands up and declares ” The emperor is NAKED”
IQ al Rassooli
Kafir & Proud!
shosh7154 says
BRAVO ! WHAT IMMENSE TRUTH !
Michael Nollet says
General Dempsey should reign in protest over this slight.
Of course, he should have done so a long time ago and hasn’t.
Huck Folder says
reign or resign, works for me!
Huck Folder says
“It remains the broad view of this administration that they could’ve done more. And they should’ve taken feasible precautions to prevent more civilian casualties.”…
Jen Psaki is part of that ‘administration’, and in the know. Maybe she could name a few ‘feasible precautions’: feasible for Israel to carry out without putting ITS forces or civilians in harm’s way, and not to utterly defeat Israel’s legitimate military goals against hamas’ personnel and their infrastructure and weapons.
Judi says
Evil bitch!
noellsq says
It is my humble opinion that this administration is so anti Israel and totally pro Muslim that it might as well be call a Muslim administration. Lets see if I can remember some examples. During the last war that Israel had they withheld items that they had ordered which could have been bad. Then that major who shot all those people yellowing Ala Akbar at Fort Hood. They called it a work place incident,thus screwing a lot of people for benefits. Lets see how about the release without government approval and illegal of 5 Taliban for a deserter . Oh, i almost what about the Libya where 4 men got killed. What about not protecting
the individual who is rotting in a Pakistani jail for helping us get Osama . Then he stalled on ISIS in the open desert thus letting get better acclimated. Then the state department states that Israel could have done more to lower civilian deaths. Well first they drop leaflets telling people that this area is going to be bombed and around the same time they make calls to warn people. But their enemy puts civilians in harms way as shield to hide behind. It really embarrassing to hear what will come out next.
shosh7154 says
Their deeds are approaching the “full” state where judgment will become reality…Ezekiel 38….verse 23… then they will know that THE G-D OF ISRAEL IS THE ONLY LIVING G-D….how shocked they will be around the world to see islam go up in a fireball of suphur and hail stones as they watch the satellite coverage live on CNN.
noellsq says
G-D will not smite them,actually I do not think anyone will. The Europeans are afraid of riots but of course they riot over the littlest things. USA while the great fornicator sits around giving speeches and playing golf. The UN should give Israel the peace price. If I lived there and I had authority I would send out leaflets and tell them I am going to bomb them. I would then level their Towns,poison their wells,and destroy their crops.
Gerald says
Jen Psaki is pstupid.
TNT says
She has cursed herself.
umbra says
She is gunning for a UN job after 2016, so she has to act the part. Perhaps a position as a UN representative in afghanistan or isis-stan.
Shlomo says
This is significant because now-a-days, a Jew Hater doesn’t go around ranting like Adolf Hitler. This is not PC. Today it is more subtle and you need to know how to catch the signs. This was a very blatant one. The discrimination of higher expectations. Categorically, the US State Department is Anti-Semitic!
duh_swami says
These people are not honest brokers. If you expect honesty, you are barking up the wrong tree.
Wellington says
Disgusting. The IDF is one of the most decent militaries in the history of man and this Jen Psaki, this extremely limited human being (they come in bunches in the Obama Administration), is either oblivious of this or, if not, then mendacious.
So, there are the choices when judging this woman, i.e., ignoramus or liar. Fitting though, because these same choices apply to her boss.
terry says
A wicked and evil liar. Plain and simple. Her lord is the Evil One. Period.
TH says
She has not credibility. If a military man makes such a statement it is obvious that he knows what he is talking about, not this politically correct lady.
katarzyna says
so again the bitch of the chief dog is barking bullshit.
by contrast the chief and his ‘bong brother’ are singing ” On the Road Again”
http://rt.com/usa/203487-obama-sings-country-song/
every day brings a little bit more of Obamaism
Leith Wood says
The State Department has sold out to Obama and Ms. Psaki is not a lady.
Don McKellar says
The next two years will see the Obama regime sink to a nadir of impotence and open public hate that Jimmy Carter only had nightmares about. There is no escape from that — it is now manifest destiny after this election cycle.
Ayatrollah says
Israel is an illegal state under Islamic law. Anything they do to defend themselves would be too much.
Jerry says
Any non-Muslim state is an “illegal state” under Islamic law.
Ed says
Thank you Robert for making it so clear.
Richard Sherman says
The US State Dept has been 100% antisemitic for 80 years. Nothing changes.
noellsq says
Robert
What else is new . So the French,English everybody.
Kepha says
While there is an undertow of anti-Israel sentiment at State (they cause problems, after all), I would not say that I ran into real anti-Semitism at State while I was there. There may be some sub-rosa, just as there is sub rosa racism there, but it is not often expressed. Further, there are many Jewish (and, contrary to Hollywood demonology, other non-WASP and non-Irish Catholic) officers who’ve reached high rank at State.
The issue with State today is the prevalence of the Silly ‘Sixties and Sillier ‘Seventies anti-colonial narrative in the administration which State must currently serve. To the O and his cronies, Israel is something like South Africa or Rhodesia–a settler state clinging to stolen land to which it has no right (although I doubt they’d say the same about Singapore–and they could certainly care less about the Boer families with three centuries of residence at the Cape). They have taken the Survivors-of-the-Shoah narrative and stuck it back in Israel’s face as former-oppressed-become-oppressors, replete with the settler v. indigene meme (and scarcely a consideration about how many “Palestinians” may descend from the 19th century Maghreb, Caucasus, or Balkans) without considering for a moment either the Jewish Israelis born in the land since independence or the Mizrahi majority in Israel. I neither like nor agree with the current line; think that Shrillary Shroooo proved herself a nincompoop made of lies, cries, and alibis while SecState; feel appalled at Psaki and her ilk; and hope the new Congress makes a few figurative heads roll. But I think the issue is something other than old-fashioned anti-Semitism.
There is perhaps a personal dislike of Israelis among quite a few at State. Israelis are brash, argumentative, and steeped in Democratic practice. Frankly, too many people at State develop soft spots for peoples who are a little more low-key and docile (partly due to centuries of tyranny). However, some of the same such Foreign Service folks are also under no illusions about superficial islamic courtesies, either. There are also State people of an older generation who joined thinking that a way could be found with the “progressive” regimes of the Cold War era who quickly lost those illusions and signed on to their own low-key version of the Cold War.
I disagree with what my old employer is doing these days about Israel, but I also understand that its job is to speak for whatever administration holds the executive offices in Washington.
David, Thailand says
Why is anyone surprised that the America-hating, white-hating, Jew-hating Muslim Socialist in the White House has no time for Israel, or other uncomfortable truths?
Larry A. Singleton says
I am sure f-ing glad I Pre-write these comments. Forget a letter in your name or email and you’re screwed.
Obama Corruption 6-2-14
“Under my plan of a cap and trade system electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket”.
PRESIDENT COWARD TruthRevoltOriginals (You Tube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUvqPgYC4U0
He delayed the mission to rescue James Foley and other ISIS hostages because he didn’t want to be “Carterized.” He sent the men in the rescue helicopters back to their bunks as he watched our people die in real time at Benghazi. And he delayed the Osama bin Laden raid for MONTHS out of fear of what a failed attempt would do to his re-election chances. In his latest FIREWALL, Bill Whittle shows how President Coward always puts his personal image ahead of the lives of American citizens.
A Message to President Obama from a former Muslim (Brother Rachid You Tube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxzOVSMUrGM
Judge Jeanine: Arab nations know Obama is not a true ally (Fox News)
http://video.foxnews.com/v/3784198793001/judge-jeanine-arab-nations-know-obama-is-not-a-true-ally/?playlist_id=163706
Judge Jeanine: More empty rhetoric from Obama
http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/justice-jeanine/index.html#/v/3771485629001
Obama Surrounds Himself with the Most Extreme Appointees in American History by Steve Baldwin (The Western Center for Journalism)
http://www.westernjournalism.com/exclusive-investigative-reports/obama-surrounds-himself-with-the-most-extreme-appointees-in-american-history/
The most corrupt administration in US history
Rep Trey Gowdy’s Tough Questions for the ‘Obama Administration’ on Fox (You Tube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK647cKMvt0#t=207
Obama – The Anti-Israel President (You Tube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO8qZP_iU9I#t=54
BILL WHITTLE: FERGUSON AND THE REAL RACE WAR (You Tube Truth Revolt)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGTUcS-yQtQ#t=102
Daylight: The Story of Obama and Israel (Israel Video Network)
http://www.israelvideonetwork.com/the-1-movie-that-unmasks-obama-and-his-attitude-to-israel-nearly-12-mil-views
Daylight: The Story of Obama and Israel (You Tube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wbH5KVPrPo#t=400
Absolutely Uncertain (You Tube video by “Irina”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgvMGLdc908&list=PLC2A32D103123C08E#t=73
18-minute mini-documentary follows the journey of Irina, a 23-year-old liberal, Jewish New Yorker who voted for Obama in 2008
Why I’m burning my last bridge with Obama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIMnIh10po0
Join me as I wreck my last artifact of support for the war criminal-in-chief!! *I figured out the fraud a while back, but recently found this shirt in my closet 🙂
Obama in Bed With Muslim Brotherhood:
The Cairo Speech by Anne Bayefsky (Ass Kicking)
http://www.nationalreview.com/node/182912/print
Why is Obama in Bed With the Muslim Brotherhood? by Ted Belman (American Thinker)
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/02/why_is_obama_in_bed_with_the_muslim_brotherhood.html
Abedin Family Journal Promoted Muslim Brotherhood Views by Andrew G. Bostom (Family Security Matters)
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/the-journal-huma-abedin-and-her-family-edited-adopted-the-goals-and-ideas-of-the-muslim-brotherhood
The Abedin Family’s Pro-Jihadist Journal by Andrew G. Bostom
A Red Carpet for Radicals at the White House by Steve Emerson and John Rossomando (Investigative Project)
http://www.investigativeproject.org/3777/a-red-carpet-for-radicals-at-the-white-house
Administration Welcomed Wolves Into the Sheepforld by Diana West (Townhall)
http://townhall.com/columnists/dianawest/2012/10/12/administration_welcomed_wolves_into_the_sheepfold/page/full
The Implications of Obama’s Foreign Policy Team for the Middle East (Lecture) by Jonathan S. Tobin (Middle East Forum)
http://www.meforum.org/3481/obama-foreign-policy-team-middle-east
Muslim Brotherhood “Perception Management Team” to Washington DC by Clare M. Lopez (The Clarion Project)
http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/muslim-brotherhoods-perception-management-team-washington-dc
Ten Part “Muslim Brotherhood in America” by Frank Gaffney (Center for Security Policy)
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/the-muslim-brotherhood-in-america/
A Troubling Influence: An Islamic 5th Column Penetrates the White House by Frank Gaffney Jr. With an Introduction: Why We are Publishing this Article by David Horowitz (Frontpage Magazine)
http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=15084
The Islamist-and Their Enablers- Assault on the Right: The Case Against Grover Norquist and Suhail Khan (Introduction and pdf) (Center for Security Policy)
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2014/02/11/the-islamists-and-their-enablers-assault-on-the-right-the-case-against-grover-norquist-and-suhail-khan-2/
A Disturbing Event: the American Conservative Union Embraces an Islamist by Raymond Ibrahim (Frontpage Magazine)
http://www.frontpagemag.com/2012/raymond-ibrahim/a-disturbing-event-the-american-conservative-union-embraces-an-islamist/
Whose sarin? By Seymour M. Hersh (London Review of Books)
http://www.voltairenet.org/article182160.html
Related:
NATO’s War on Syria Just Got Dirtier: West scrambles to cover up Syria false flag revelations as Pulitzer Prize-winner & Syria’s Electronic Army expose all (Land Destroyer Blog)
http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2013/12/natos-war-on-syria-just-got-dirtier.html
The Covert Origins of ISIS (You Tube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMjXbuj7BPI&list=PLkiifwjLYmSL531-K07rfleTIIxe5mIlY&index=69
Obama’s “vetted” moderate Free Syrian Army collaborating with Islamic State
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/09/obamas-vetted-moderate-free-syrian-army-collaborating-with-islamic-state
“Obama makes Nixon look like Washington or Lincoln. This is what happens when a Justice Department is wholly corrupt and most of the press acts as a palace guard or groupie instead of a watchdog.” (Beagle-Jihad Watch)
JPost Annual Conference 2014: Caroline B. Glick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0LewVl3L1k
Egypt: “Why Not Us?” by Michael Armanious
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4062/egypt-why-not-us
Judge Jeanine Pirro Slams Jihad Mom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N16hnSop6ek
Judge Jeanine: ‘Eric Holder Should Be Indicted’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P80lK9emls
Judge Jeanine: Impeach Obama
http://www.wnd.com/2014/05/fox-news-star-unleashed-impeach-obama/
Judge Jeanine: Time for Pope Francis to protect his flock (Fox News)
http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/justice-jeanine/index.html#/v/3699475490001
Joan Rivers — GOES OFF on Epic Israel/Palestine Rant (You Tube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-5Q7yuaXjM
And kicks some Liberal Fascist/Islamic scumbag ass!
Larry A. Singleton says
Again: I keep hoping Scott Coleman will step out of Vince Flynn’s book Term Limits and we start seeing these corrupt scum dropping like bucks during hunting season. It SHOULD be Open Season on these treasonous degenerates. As a construction worker and a life-long (EX) Democrat I am sick and tired of being betrayed and sold out. Read Caroline Glick’s book The Israelis Solution and learn about the billions, that’s “billions” with a “B”, the US and others have given to the terrorist Palestinian terrorists and how most of that money just magically went missing. It will make you sick when you actually see the mind-boggling amount of money we have poured into that Corrupt terror state. Again; I get anxiety attacks going to the grocery store and reading about this obscene waste……that Glick exposes is being passed on to Hamas who is also being supplemented by Iran.
Salah says
It remains the broad view of us, the people, that YOU could’ve done more. And YOU should’ve taken feasible precautions to prevent more civilian casualties…in Syria and in Iraq, at the hands of your filthy allies: ISIS.
Moongara says
To be fair, historically there has always been a bit of a fractious relationship between State and DoD, but this is taking it way beyond any historical rivalry. Also, these rivalries are supposed to be limited to sniping at each other in the media, mostly in regards to budget…not blatantly contradicting each other over a major policy issue.
I will be extremely interested to see how long Dempsey keeps his job since we all know how much this administration likes the truth and the people who tell it. Hopefully the impending mess will further draw attention to the insanity of this administration.
Vluk says
Losers like Obama and Jen Psaki just prove how great a nation like Israel is. Israel is a tiny nation, possibly smaller than the Kruger National Park in South Africa and yet can still survive and stand-up to an extremely evil (and very large) Islamic world which includes Obama and his cesspool (also known as his administration) as well as the clueless and cowardly left wing of the West.
luciano says
Look at the face of this administration: Jen Psaki, Al Sharpton, Susan Rice, Eric Holder and Valerie Jarret. Wow!!! Obama’s team on The Road To Serfdom!
Elisheva says
Why is there no outrage at how Egypt is retaliating against Gaza?
http://www.timesofisrael.com/egyptian-reports-claim-gunmen-who-killed-30-troops-were-trained-in-gaza/