(National Review) Clifford D. May - One of the flotilla's organizers, Greta Berlin, a 68-year-old American with a background in theater and communications, was candid enough to acknowledge that the flotilla's primary purpose was not to deliver aid but to stop Israel from inspecting cargo heading for Gaza. Israel does that in order to reduce the number of missiles, explosives, and other weapons Hamas receives. In other words, Berlin wants to increase Hamas' ability to wage war against Israel - knowing that more Israelis and more Palestinians will be killed as a result. "War is peace," George Orwell wrote in 1984. In 2010, war activists are peace activists. Actually, it's worse: Even arms smugglers are peace activists - so long as they are smuggling arms to be used to murder Israelis. The writer is president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
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