As you probably already know Israeli commandos intercepted an aid flotilla sailing toward Gaza on Monday.  These soldiers entered a hostile environment and were attacked with chains, pipes, chairs, and grenades.  This encounter left nine passengers dead, dozens of passengers injured, and six soldiers injured.  I will get more into the flotilla and it's terrorist ties in a later post, but for now I would like to show our Administrations'  response and then simply show you how close Gaza is in relation to other areas of Israel and the Middle East.

Obama hasn't said much of anything. 

Wow, really, he was so open and respectful to Binyamin Netanyahu a few months ago. 

Hillary Clinton said that the Administration supports the United Nations' condemnation of Israel for the raid on the Gaza bound flotilla.

Thanks Hillary, let's isolate our only real true ally in the Middle East. 

But, Appearing on PBS's Charlie Rose Show, Joe Biden defended Israel's action in boarding the Gaza flotilla as "legitimate".

I will give props where they are deserved, and I think Joe is a decent, fairly honest guy (compared to Obama and Clinton).  So it's nice to see someone in the Administration not kowtow to terrorists.
 
 
Do you think that Israel should be concerned about it's well-being?
Let's look at the distance between Gaza and some areas of Israel and the Middle East compared to the distance between some well know American locations.
 
Gaza - Tel Aviv, Israel = 44 miles
Gaza - Jerusalem, Israel = 48 miles
Gaza - Amman, Jordan = 92 miles
Gaza - Beirut, Lebanon = 174 miles
Gaza - Damascus, Syria = 175 miles
Gaza - Cairo, Egypt = 216 miles
 
 
Seattle, WA - Tacoma, WA = 40 miles
Orlando, FL - Daytona Beach, FL = 55 miles
Chicago, IL - Milwaukee, WI = 90 miles
New York, NY - Philadelphia, PA = 95 miles
Houston, TX - San Antonio, TX = 200 miles
Las Vegas, NV - Los Angles, CA = 265 miles
 
Now what do you think?  The capital of Israel is closer to the Gaza Strip then Orlando to Daytona Beach.  Can you imagine terrorists firing rockets from
Seattle to Tacoma?  Hopefully I have put a little perspective on this, and you can realize that Israel is in a very bad situation if terrorists in the Gaza Strip obtain more weapons.