MSNBC ANCHOR TELLS ISRAELI AMBASSADOR HAMAS ROCKETS ‘RARELY DO DAMAGE

theblaze.com ^ | 11/19/2012 | Sharona Schwartz

[massmike]

MSNBC’s Mara Schiavocampo began her interview of Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren straightforwardly enough, asking “What would be the trigger for a ground operation? What’s the red line here?”

Oren answered, “You have the equivalent of what would be about 170 million Americans under bomb shelters. If Hamas continues to escalate we will take the necessary and legitimate measures to defend our citizens.”

Schiavocampo’s second question might be considered more controversial.She asked:

“Living under the threat of rocket attack is certainly a psychological trauma. But what would you say to those who argue that the rockets are essentially very ineffective, they rarely do damage and that the response from Israelis is disproportional to the threat they’re under.”

Schiavocampo then posited that because the number of rocket attacks on Israel has dramatically increased since 2009, Israel’s policy has been a “failure.” By way of comparison, she did not attribute the increase in attacks to other possibilities including: Hamas feeling more emboldened since its ideological ally, the Muslim Brotherhood, took control of next-door Egypt or that its ties have only grown stronger with Iran, which provides its long-range Fajr-5 missiles.

To conclude, Schiavocampo asked:

“The people of Gaza say they’ve been under constant siege from Israeli forces from the air and from the sea. And Gaza, as you know, is one of the most densely populated places in the world. So how does Israel justify its use of military force in such a crowded urban environment?”

[gunsequalfreedom]

Since this mindless bitch obviously slept her way to her current job, let’s ask an equally relevant question: Did you enjoy it, honey?

I would love to see that suggestion tactfully phrased and used against her in an interview.

[RitchieAprile]

or less nuanced..

[RitchieAprile]

sadly most of those are departed from this earth.

[Jack Hydrazine]

(Anderson Cooper should have a talk with her.)

Explosion interrupts live Anderson Cooper report
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/explosion-anderson-cooper-gaza-video-160906573.html

CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer traveled to Gaza over the weekend to cover the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas, and one of Cooper’s first reports from the region was interrupted by rocket fire.

Cooper was reporting live from Gaza on Sunday when an explosion caused him to duck for cover.

“Whoa,” he said, looking back at the blast. “That was a rather large explosion.”

A flash of light could be seen shortly before the explosion sent Cooper scrambling. The CNN star stood up and laughed nervously, telling anchor Don Lemon that the blast—the largest he had heard since his arrival on Sunday—set off a number of car alarms.