I just heard something VERY interesting listening to the actual presser from the State Department for SEPTEMBER 1 which was the Monday after the storm..16 FULL DAYS before Diane West's 'article' claiming that Israel had been slighted, etc. They mention the aid offer from ISRAEL. So this needs to be sent to Powerline. I knew this did not pass the smell test. Go listen for yourself:
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2005/
It says Israel offered aid.
The Monday after the storm, yes I said Tuesday because it was Tuesday in Israel.
The aid could have been there the next day.
It wasn't, because the US turned it down.
Israel offered aid, you've established that, the US turned it down.
This is common knowledge. What is your point?