On the Contrary: Why the Israelis Didn’t Win in Gaza
Why Israel Didn’t Win
By Adam Shatz
London Review of Books
http://www.lrb.co.uk/
December 6, 2012, pp. 3-5
Those who invoke Israel’s right to defend itself are not troubled by this disparity in casualties, because the unspoken corollary is that Palestinians do not have the same right. If they dare to exercise this non-right, they must be taught a lesson. ‘We need to flatten entire neighborhoods in Gaza,’ Gilad Sharon wrote in the Jerusalem Post. ‘Flatten all of Gaza. The Americans didn’t stop with Hiroshima – the Japanese weren’t surrendering fast enough, so they hit Nagasaki too.’ Israel shouldn’t worry about innocent civilians in Gaza, he said, because there are no innocent civilians in Gaza: This piece nicely complements yesterday's post. Hat tip to Michael Hoffman.
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Asia Times Online :: Bomb Iran? No. Bomb Gaza? Yes!
Asia Times Online :: Bomb Iran? No. Bomb Gaza? Yes!
By Pepe Escobar
So many wars to launch, so little time. When you're the political leader of the most militarized nation on the planet - as is the case with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu - you gotta find ways to play with your toys This is the best timeline so far. Crucial in it is what happened last Sunday. Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra announced that a 13-year-old boy, Hameed Abu Daqqa, was shot in the stomach while playing football with his friends outside his southeast Gaza home. This soccer terrorist was evidently a threat to myriad Israeli helicopters buzzing overhead.
Launching a war, for the IDF, is child's play. Tel Aviv just had to kill a few Palestinian civilians like the dangerous soccer terrorist - and send in some extra tanks. Gaza factions had to respond - and they targeted Israeli soldiers (not civilians). That was the perfect excuse for Tel Aviv to go on a rampage.
By Pepe Escobar
So many wars to launch, so little time. When you're the political leader of the most militarized nation on the planet - as is the case with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu - you gotta find ways to play with your toys This is the best timeline so far. Crucial in it is what happened last Sunday. Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra announced that a 13-year-old boy, Hameed Abu Daqqa, was shot in the stomach while playing football with his friends outside his southeast Gaza home. This soccer terrorist was evidently a threat to myriad Israeli helicopters buzzing overhead.
Launching a war, for the IDF, is child's play. Tel Aviv just had to kill a few Palestinian civilians like the dangerous soccer terrorist - and send in some extra tanks. Gaza factions had to respond - and they targeted Israeli soldiers (not civilians). That was the perfect excuse for Tel Aviv to go on a rampage.
aangirfan: ELMO, DAVID ROSE, CYRIL SMITH, DISINFORMATION TWEETS
aangirfan: ELMO, DAVID ROSE, CYRIL SMITH, DISINFORMATION TWEETS
the catholic school girlz at aangirfan, shine again in this really comprehensive post about how corrupt the media is .
The pics of Guy Burgess and Joseph Goebbels are absolutely riveting (every picture tells a story don't it?)
the catholic school girlz at aangirfan, shine again in this really comprehensive post about how corrupt the media is .
The pics of Guy Burgess and Joseph Goebbels are absolutely riveting (every picture tells a story don't it?)
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Exquisite Serendipity (History ,Surely Repeats)
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!
"The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them." -- George Orwell, English writer, 1903--1950 (hat tip to Mike Rivero for this Orwell phrase that applies to this film and is essentially eternal, fittng extremely well to today's current circumstances.)