U.S. and Israeli aggression

A little over a year ago, the Israeli military launched an offensive against Palestinians living in the Gaza strip. To the casual observer, this operation might appear to have been an independently supplied and launched military campaign, yet the facts tell a different story. According to Project Censored, "The devastating Israeli firepower, unleashed largely on Palestinian civilians in Gaza during the three-week attack starting December 27, 2008 was fueled by US-supplied weapons paid for with US tax dollars." Among the U.S. supplied weapons utilized by the Israelis were white phosphorus munitions which were used on densely populated areas, even when no intelligence suggested that Palestinian militants were in the area targeted. This led to many unnecessary burns and deaths of Palestinian civilians. The Israeli's claimed their actions were in self defense, due to small rocket and mortar fire they claim were fired at southern Israel from Gaza. Of course the United States supports Israel unequivocally, and this statement from Project Censored tells the story, "The UN Security Council, Amnesty International, International Red Cross, and voices of protest from around the world demanded a ceasefire. Yet, with shocking lack of regard, both houses of US Congress overwhelmingly endorsed resolutions to support a continuation of Israel’s “self defense.” Many feel our support for Israel is justified; from a Christian faith standpoint, the State of Israel is viewed as God's promised land, and it's people as God's chosen ones. Of course anytime an individual or institution claims the authority of God to justify their actions the situation becomes very dangerous, very quickly. Secondly, those who will not cite divine design as the purpose for supporting atrocities, may want to point out the holocaust as a reason to support Israel's actions.
Yet, this seems to be hypocritical at best. How does one justify a horrific genocide against the Jewish people, by supporting the multiple acts of quasi-genocidal violence the Jewish people's home nation has undertaken since it's re-conception in 1948. Some stats on our support for Israeli aggression comes again from the excellent staff at Project Censored, "The US supports Israel financially, with upwards of $3 billion annually. This money is given with little to no oversight, but even if it is not used to directly fund Israel’s illegal settlements and occupation, it allows Israel to free up other funds and divert them for that purpose. The US supports Israel militarily. In its assault on Gaza, for instance, Israel employed US-made F-16 jets and Apache helicopter gunships. U.S-made bombs were dropped on Gaza during twenty-two days of violence, resulting in over 1,300 Palestinian deaths, nearly a third of whom were children, among other civilian victims. This use of high tech weaponry certainly seems drastic for a response to small arms fire. This information is merely a glimpse into the kind of "democracy" and "freedom" the United States supports abroad, I certainly hope more folks will come out an declare their disdain for these acts.