Interesting omission in the BBC

[skull_bearer]

I can't find the page, but I read a few days ago on the BBC website that a recent investigation into Israel's attack on the Turkish flotilla last year found the Israeli forces not guilty of wrongdoing. My mindset on the topic is that it doesn't matter what happened on the flotilla, since it's endangered Israel's relations with one of its few Middle Eastern allies, Turkey. But anyway, todday I was browsing the Al-Jazeera website, and found that this investigation was actually done by the Israelis.

I didn't go into too much detail, I know Al-Jazeera's stance on Israel and my stance is simply that if Israel carries on the way it has there isn't going to be an Israel in 50 years whether I support them or not, so whether or not they fudged the document is beside the point. My puzzlement is simply, why didn't the BBC say this? It seems like a pretty vital piece of info.

Anyway, just typing out loud here.

Comments

[skull-bearer.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, but the only answer to this is: What?

I just said that it doesn't matter if I like Jews at all, any more than it matters if I like Koreans when it comes to the actions of North Korea. If you really want to know, yes, I think Israel has a right to exist, yes Jews can have their own fucking country. The problem is that Israel has pretty systematically pissed off every ally it has in some fashion so that now it is still surrounded but a lot of very pissed-off arab neighbours, with no-one at its side but an increasibly bankrupt America. It doesn't matter who peoples Israel, they could be Jews, Christians, muslims, atheists or little green men from outer space. Historically speaking when you have one small country surrounded by a lot of enemies and an increasinly shrinking number of allies, THIS IS BAD!