With Allies Like Israel - Who Needs Enemies?

Photo from Der Spiegel


Lebanese civilians, mostly children, fleeing the Isreali on-slaught.

Their faces - Hezbollah's future? Gee Thanks, Israel!


I believed for many years that the European Jews who survived the Holocaust would play a major roll in transforming a world constantly divided by wars of aggression to a world where nations tolerated one another and practiced peace. I thought that after experiencing the worst of ethnic hatred and being deprived of their human rights the survivors possessed unique insight that would help to create alternative methods to resolve human conflict. I was young, I was naive, I was disappointed, and I was very, very wrong.

Never did I imagine that Hitler's victims, who had suffered unimaginable horrors in Europe, would in turn, deny another group of people basic human rights, become as heavy-handed and authoritarian as the Nazis, form a militaristic, bullying state, resort to subterfuge, spy on the United States, take untold billions of American taxpayer dollars in welfare and weaponry, and shrug off the murder of innocents to advance their self-serving expansion. One would expect such hypocrisy of an enemy but from a supposed ally it is despicable. Israel's "OVERKILL" reaction to the kidnapping of two of it's soldiers screams for a reevaluation of the US/Israeli relationship. Israel's behavior toward the Palestinians and it's destruction of Lebanon and murder of it's citizens is Hitleresque.

I stopped supporting Israel when Israel stated bulldozing the homes and olive orchards of the Palestinians. I stopped supporting Israel when they started arresting and holding Palestinians indefinitely without charges and without the right to legal protections. I stopped supporting Israel as they grew more and more militaristic. I stopped suppporting the Israelis as they and their AIPAC counterparts in America embraced Likud extremism and lobbied my representatives for political favors, weapons, and endless financial handouts.

Although the Israelis have honed victimhood to the level of fine art, the propagandized myths about Israel are not true. Israel is not weak, is not militarily malnourished, and is NOT a democracy. Israel's distorted form of democracy is based on religious superiority and draconian discrimination. A racist society that has ignored countless UN resolutions and committed hundreds of human rights violations against the Palestinian people, Israel does so with American financial support and blessings from American Zionists and Christian religious fanatics. The answer to the question, "Why do they hate us?", can be found in the Gaza Ghetto.

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To my elected representatives Senator Feinstein, Senator Boxer, and Rep. Duncan Hunter...

Don't send my husband's and my tax dollars to Israel - NOT ONE PENNY MORE!

We have homeless veteran's who have fought in the Iraq war living on the streets, Katrina's survivors need help rebuilding, millions of Americans go to bed hungry every night, especially the last week of each month, and millions of Americans do not have access to medical care. The standard of living for the average Israeli is higher than it is for the average American!

No More MONEY or WEAPONS! They are using our $ to wage WAR.
Send the bill and the body bags to somebody else!

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I couldn't write for days because I am sick to the bottom of my soul at the situation in Lebanon. I condemn Hezebollah for it's aggressive actions against Israel but cannot morally, ethically, or spiritually abide Israel's reprehensible, irresponsible punishing over-reaction. An ally Israel is NOT for they have chosen to drive their tanks over human rights, ignore American foreign policy concerns, and endanger the United States and her citizens. And shame on the American neoconservatives who are cheerleading Israel while trying to drag us into THEIR war.

Israel's neoconservative mouthpiece in America, William Kristol, claimed that this is "OUR" war. What demented, wishful thinking. The poor pampered preppie, who resembles some sicko's prized porcelain figurine, can't be expected to make decisions that require empathy or a concern for the human beings, who because of his efforts, will become "collateral damage". No, the very white, very superior, very porcelain Mr. Kristol sits well-protected on a high shelf. There is no danger of him mingling with anyone human.

Some of America's militants have been debating for days about whether Israel's war of aggression against Lebanon should be called WWIII, WWIV, or perhaps WWV. Newt Gingrich's declaration that "World WWIII has begun" is symptomatic of the premature ejaculation common among those suffering the advanced stages of Rabid Neoconservatism. I'm afraid that Newtie's ample bootie won't be parkin' in the Oval Office, for like Syphilis, Rabid Neoconservatism's final assualt destroys the human brain. It won't be long before Newt Gingrich is a goner.

Unfortunately, Israel's "short guy with a chip on his shoulder" combative style brings to mind the childish antics of Kim Jong Il. Both Israel and North Korea have proven that as nations they lack the maturity required to support sound judgement. Both have brandished their weaponry to intimidate their neighbors. Both behave like spoiled infants who scream if their demands are not immediately met. Both Israel and North Korea have nuclear weapons.

While the neocons argue that Iran and Syria supply Hezebollah and Hamas with weapons and money the United States plays the same game with Israel. The United States, Iran, and Syria should stop feeding cash and weapons "destructive to the masses" to the warring parties. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is at the root of this current nightmare and needs a workable human rights solution that does not involve a concrete wall.

I am heartbroken that the beautiful cosmopolitan Beirut lies dying. I am sickened that the children in the above photo were subjected to such horror and that, lacking bunkers, scores of others lie dead. Children should not die because grown men are peevish.

Weak men hide behind military might
............Kitchen Window Woman..........

P.S. I would like to acknowledge that hundreds of Israeli human rights and peace activists have been demonstrating against the current aggressive military actions of their government. Israel, like America, has had it's government taken over by extremist ideologues. My comments are directed to the diehard nationalist extremists.