The Flight Ban - Kerry Came With A Stick
It seems I might have been a little naive. The timing of Kerry's visit and the FAA ban does seem a little too convenient/suspicious. Otherwise what was the entire purpose of his little visit? From his point of view, without a subtle/not-so-subtle threat he didn't have anything new to bring to the region to 'persuade' Israel.It is not as if he and Obama haven't tried something like this before.
See:
- Is the FAA the new IRS?
- President 'Lead from Behind' leads from the front for Hamas
- U.S. banning flights to press Israel into cease-fire?
- Finally, Obama leads from the front: The Hamas-FAA move against Ben Gurion
- Israel, the FAA, and International Isolation
- Obama to the rescue – of Hamas
Even if the FAA ban proves to be only temporary, it does appear from this to be the start of something new.
2 comments:
did you think that israel=apartheid '' and BDS wouldnt come?
No, I meant that I was naive not to think that Kerry and Obama would pull something so audacious at this particular time.
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