9:03 a.m. 2004-07-16
The Bitch says: state sponsored terrorism
And just when you thought I was off the political stuff....guess what....not happening. I think that as long as this country is run by war-loving, racist idiots and supports other war-loving, racist idiots I will continue to give a voice to the other side. Lately the first paper I read, well..online paper, is Aljazeera.net. Yes, I know they have their own agenda but I get enough of this country's agenda on the news. It's not like we have any true impartial, objective media outlets here in the good old USA. Whatever media giant that wasn't paid off by our government has been threatened off. The CIA and whatever other 3 letter outfits there are out there can carry a pretty big stick.
Anyway, as we destroy a few countries in the name of terrorism, our best friend, Israel, is conducting it's own brand of "peace-keeping"....ummm read that as USA sponsored and backed terrorism. Isn't it amazing that when the Palestinians fire a rocket at Israel it's a terrorist act. When Israel drives a bulldozer through a refugee village it's going after the "Arab terrorists". I find it an amazing coincidence that both Israel and the US have a problem with Arabs. We know that the US wants all of the Arab oil fields....wouldn't be easier to control them if Bush's friend, Sharon, owned more of the land in the Middle East? God has spoken to GW Bush and the Israelis are the chosen ones. They just kind of go together.
And, here is the latest escapade by the Israelis:
Rawhiya Basyouni and her nine children dare not move from the centre of their home. They are among the 30000 residents of Bait Hanun who have been
in a state of siege since 29 June. That was the day Israeli forces launched an incursion with the stated aim of creating a security zone after Qassam rockets fired into the Negev town of Sderot by Palestinian resistance fighters claimed their first fatalities.
Aljazeera.net calls them resistance fighters....Israel calls them terrorists.
No one goes in, no one goes out, and there is little room for negotiation. Any movement may be met with deadly Israeli gunfire, as the past two weeks' toll of 14 dead and some 90 injured testifies. Palestinians say what is happening in Bait Hanun is yet another example of the Israeli use of collective punishment, banned under international law.
And, what does Israel say?
Israel responds that the siege is being imposed in self-defence. "We are forced to go into PA areas to stop and prevent firing of these rockets. You have to understand this is a strategic threat that we must react to. And we will withdraw only when we are completely convinced that Qassam rockets are no longer being fired towards Israel and that such incidents will not recur in the future."
And who didn't expect that answer.
After Israeli bulldozers tore apart water mains and the sewerage network, contaminating drinking water supply to Bait Hanun, hundreds of children came down with gastroenteritis, according to the Union of Health Work Committees (UHWC).
But, doesn't matter as long as Israel is "defending" itself.
Some of the village's largest and oldest farms have been reduced to barren land, he said.
"What is happening in Bait Hanun is a collective punishment, banned under international law," says Mona al-Farra of the Union of Health Work Committees.
"It is a humanitarian catastrophe [and] its ramifications for the entire population will show themselves now and for years to come."
And, all of this is defended by the US government. I don't know about all of you....you may hate me, flame me, block me, whatever but I know in my heart this is wrong. I find it very hard to live in a country that condones this kind of action while condemning another for less than this. I know there are alot of people who disagree with me......there are always people on both sides. I welcome any and all comments, g/b entries(as long as the language is clean), emails, whatever. Defend it....show me how we can continue to support this government and their friends. I welcome the input.
LATERZ
