OC Assemblyman Chuck DeVore knows a thing or two about warfare and terrorism. And he is one of the most vocal supporters of the State of Israel.

If you have been watching the news this past week President-elect Obama has had little to say about the Hamas attacks on Israel and Israel’s actions in defense. I haven’t heard anything out if Senator Boxer either. Luckily Chuck is not so timid in his approach.

DeVore’s Statement:

DeVore: America must support Israel’s right to defend itself against terrorists.

Chuck DeVore, a California legislator and declared candidate for the United States Senate in 2010 against Barbara Boxer, announced his support of the state of Israel’s current military operations in Gaza.

For the last several years I have been amazed at the forbearance and restraint shown by Israel as Hamas terrorists rained down rocket after rocket purposefully targeted at Israeli civilians, Assemblyman Chuck DeVore said.  Imagine if terrorists in Tijuana regularly shot rockets into San Diego America wouldn’t stand for it. I support Israel’s right to defend itself against terrorist attacks. The terrorist organization Hamas has brought this defensive military operation on itself.

DeVore was in the Israeli city of Sderot two years ago and met Mayor Eli Moyal who expressed his frustration at the constant terror rocket attacks. Sderot is sometimes darkly referred to as Qassam City after the name of the most common Hamas terror rocket. In 2006, the year DeVore last visited Israel, an average of three Qassams per day were fired into Israel, mostly into Sderot, a town of 20,000. DeVore has been to Israel four times since 1984 as well as to Lebanon, Egypt, and the West Bank.

Chuck DeVore has served in the California State Assembly since 2004. He retired from the U.S. Army as an intelligence officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel. DeVore served as a Reagan White House appointee in the Pentagon from 1986 to 1988 as a Special Assistant for Foreign Affairs and in that capacity he helped to start America’s support of the development of Israel’s Arrow anti-tactical ballistic missile.

This entry was posted on Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 at 12:00 am and is filed under Blog Posts.