Vet for Peace, Bill, LTE in Star Tribune. Israeli's attack on people from around the world

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http://www.startribune.com/opinion/letters/95461764.html?page=2&c=y

The Israeli attack on the people from around the world who were bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza was another example of Israel's use of extreme force and the shameful way it deals with people who desire peace and justice.

If Israel thinks that all Palestinians and the people who want to help them are terrorists, there will never be peace. Our continued military aid to Israel supports this kind of atrocity, and people all over the world know this.

Will the U.S. response to this attack on people of goodwill show the world we will no longer stand for this kind of behavior, or will it show them we desire unending war?

If we want peace with the Muslim world, we will have to show them that heavy-handedness in Gaza, the West Bank, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan serves no other purpose but to anger them and create more terrorism.

Have we not learned in nine years that this tactic does not work, and besides that we are not able to even pay for it?

It is time for President Obama to show us that he truly desires peace in the Middle East and to earn his Nobel Peace Prize.

BILL HABEDANK, RED WING, MINN.