James-Speaks
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Vandals
via www.juancole.com
" I don't have time to comment much on all this right now, except to say that the use of force here is all out of proportion. Without electricity, you can't purify water, and uncooked water is a severe health problem, especially to babies. It can ultimately cause cholera. "
All out of proportion is an understatement. The probing questions are how and why.
Why first:
There were some interesting articles published just after the Ramallah and Jenin atrocities;long story short is that the invaders acted like Vandals. There was overwhelming evidence of needless destruction. One article was titled, "They Even Defecated Into The Photocopier."
British ITV had a nice clip documenting some Israeli soldiers who had pushed an infirm Palestinian woman, in her wheelchair, into the middle of a field. They had her surrounded and they were mocking her fright.
Today's occurrence is merely another occurrence. The destruction in Baghdad and other ancient cities, which some commentators now attribute to willful incompetence as prelude to deniability, all fits a pattern of racist violence by the US/Neocon and the Israeli/Likud cabal.
The why is simple. It is a worldwide pogrom.
The how is complex.
It requires a willingness on the part of Americans to allow Israel's creeping genocide to continue. This willingness is created and maintained through exploitation of the Holocaust and the stranglehold on reasoned debate by the Israeli lobby.
Our nation is ill if we allow Israel to trick us into abandoning our founding principles (We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal) in order to allow Zionists to pursue their childlike, racist dream.
Our nation can only be cured through careful reasoning and the courage to speak truth to power.
Here is an example. The pablum,"Israel has the right to defend itself." demands we consider exactly what defense means and how much of a right there is to self defense during a war of aggression.
Does Israel have the right to defend itself during pogroms against helpless Palestinians? Does Israel have the right to take water from one group of people in order to produce flowers for export?
At this point, there are many who now bring out the label "antisemite."
It is time to dispense with that nonsense.
The how question is answered with the non-defense of "We Americans allow Israel to destroy our principles." This fits nicely with the answer to the why question, namely "Israel is a racist nation with a genocidal agenda."
June 28, 2006 10:32 PM
via www.juancole.com
" I don't have time to comment much on all this right now, except to say that the use of force here is all out of proportion. Without electricity, you can't purify water, and uncooked water is a severe health problem, especially to babies. It can ultimately cause cholera. "
All out of proportion is an understatement. The probing questions are how and why.
Why first:
There were some interesting articles published just after the Ramallah and Jenin atrocities;long story short is that the invaders acted like Vandals. There was overwhelming evidence of needless destruction. One article was titled, "They Even Defecated Into The Photocopier."
British ITV had a nice clip documenting some Israeli soldiers who had pushed an infirm Palestinian woman, in her wheelchair, into the middle of a field. They had her surrounded and they were mocking her fright.
Today's occurrence is merely another occurrence. The destruction in Baghdad and other ancient cities, which some commentators now attribute to willful incompetence as prelude to deniability, all fits a pattern of racist violence by the US/Neocon and the Israeli/Likud cabal.
The why is simple. It is a worldwide pogrom.
The how is complex.
It requires a willingness on the part of Americans to allow Israel's creeping genocide to continue. This willingness is created and maintained through exploitation of the Holocaust and the stranglehold on reasoned debate by the Israeli lobby.
Our nation is ill if we allow Israel to trick us into abandoning our founding principles (We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal) in order to allow Zionists to pursue their childlike, racist dream.
Our nation can only be cured through careful reasoning and the courage to speak truth to power.
Here is an example. The pablum,"Israel has the right to defend itself." demands we consider exactly what defense means and how much of a right there is to self defense during a war of aggression.
Does Israel have the right to defend itself during pogroms against helpless Palestinians? Does Israel have the right to take water from one group of people in order to produce flowers for export?
At this point, there are many who now bring out the label "antisemite."
It is time to dispense with that nonsense.
The how question is answered with the non-defense of "We Americans allow Israel to destroy our principles." This fits nicely with the answer to the why question, namely "Israel is a racist nation with a genocidal agenda."
June 28, 2006 10:32 PM
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