Stay true to the dreams of thy youth

US House of Representatives votes overwhelmingly in favor of the ridiculous and factually inaccurate non-binding resolution criticizing the Goldstone Report and fully standing behind Israel in their Gaza massacre.

The article can be found here.

Worst quote from a Congressman - Steven Rothman (D-NJ) "The report was not written to talk about 12,000 rockets intentionally sent by Hamas to slaughter Israeli men, women and children, versus the Israelis trying in many respects to minimise the damage to Palestinian civilians," - As usual, Palestinians are bloodthirsty and indiscriminate with their fireworks called rockets, while Israelis are respectful and restrained with their 2000 pound bombs dropped on inhabitated apartment buildings, hospitals and schools. Rothman later commented that he had not actually read the report...

Best quote: - Brian Baird (D-WA) "My belief is that it is incumbent on all of us who care about justice and peace in the region to look equally, with an equally critical eye, and all sides of this argument ... One of the the important elements of working towards peace and justice is that if someone of the calibre of Justice Goldstone, with the deligience and thoroughness of his investigation, ... reports on the kind of events that occured that merits further consideration."