Monday, January 05, 2009

Displacing reality

So Sarkozy is in the Middle East with the aim of bringing this war to an end. What does he do? He criticises Hamas for its unforgiving, irresponsable actions!! Am I to take this guy seriously? Why the hell didn´t he openly condemn the disproportionate use of force by the mighty Israel with the fourth largest military industrial complex in the world? Who has suffered more than 500 victims to date? Oh! I forgot, what did the Gazans expect after firing rockets and hiding them in their homes, mosques, universities? Livni and others are squarely saying that Gaza is getting what it deserves for threatening the security of Israel. Like US, England and other big nations, they will not tolerate attacks to the security of its people. of course, compared with these nations, they have a relatively clean slate because comparatively, they´ve reduced the number of civilian casualities. so the world should be proud of them.
Tzipi Livni says no international observers will be allowed into Gaza after the offensive. Of course, you shoot at those aid workers trying to bring food and aid into Gaza, you block off and imprison its people. of course she sees no reason for the presence of international observers..
And yes, i now see that the honourable Bush has also defended Israel´s actions - first you cripple the Gazans and then u feed them a little - those poor sufferers, more than 80% living below the poverty line.
Well once more, the reality of things is hard to swallow. Israel is the innocent victim, legitimately protecting itself against barbaric terrorists. the dead, wounded, suffering, starving, bleeding on the other side are just inevitable victims of Hamas..
War : politics by other means, i read in the El Pais today.

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