John Gerard Hanafin (Fianna Fail)

I support those Senators who have called for a debate on human rights and the Middle East. It is a strange policy for people to be put out of their homes, leaving an abiding memory in the minds of their children, and as they leave to see their houses bulldozed behind them. If one was to try to create trouble for the future, that is one sure way of doing it. One hears of helicopter gunships shooting into houses because it is believed tunnels are underneath. What is the point of shooting into a house if there are tunnels underneath? It just does not make sense, as regards people who have suffered so much in the past. The United States and Israel have the right to defend themselves, but the manner in which they are doing so has turned right-minded people against what they are doing. As regards visit of the President of the United States, we should remember that he is more than just a war leader.