Don't believe what the USG is saying--don't believe what most of the media is saying. This invasion is NOT happening because Hezbollah is firing rockets into Israel--I didn't read reports of the rockets going into Israel until AFTER Israel started dropping bombs on southern Lebanon. According to [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/21/1431242|the July 21, 2006 edition] of [http://democracynow.org|Democracy Now] the Palestinians are being left out of the military fun, either. Here's a clip from the headlines of Friday's show:
Meanwhile, Israel continues to attack the Gaza Strip. Earlier today, four Palestinians were killed in an attack on a home in Gaza City. The dead included a mother, her two children and a man Israel claims fired at Israeli troops. On Thursday, at least six Palestinians were killed and fifteen wounded as Israel shelled areas by land, sea, and air. A ten-year girl died Thursday of wounds sustained in an Israeli attack the day before. Meanwhile, an Israeli naval boat shelled a road used by Palestinian emergency vehicles. One ambulance was damaged in the attack. More than one hundred Palestinians have now died in the siege following the capture of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
What really cracks me up is that Israel and America seem to be birds of a feather. The US invaded Iraq because the US claimed Iraq was a threat. How in the hell could Iraq EVER be a threat to the US?? Even if Iraq had WMD and used them, the US still has enough nukes to send Iraq into the dark ages. The same goes for Lebanon. Since the rocket attacks started, the number of Israeli dead due to these rocket attacks number in the tens. Since Israeli strikes on Lebanon started Lebanese dead number in the hundreds. You do the math here. Lebanon does not have nukes, Israel does.
So what the fuck is really going on here??
I have no clue. People are dying, that's all I know for sure and the spin keeps being put on the stronger party being justified in kicking the shit out of the weaker party in the name of defending themselves.
As I type this CNN.com is reporting in [http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/22/mideast/index.html|a July 22, 2006 article] that Israel has sent tanks into Lebanon. Oh and I stand corrected--the CNN article does, in fact, point out that:
Hezbollah guerrillas fired barrages of more than 100 rockets from southern Lebanon into Israel on Saturday, continuing the conflict that began with militants capturing two Israeli soldiers.
Something tells me that this is not what is being reported on TV, though and I'd bet good money that the Republicans or anyone in the USG is going to bring up those two soldiers being the "cause" of all of this.
The point is, there's no good reason for this. Israel is in a position of power and has been for decades. They fought back the big invasion of 1967 and have held their border, more or less, in place for almost forty years!
So, why this invasion? I'm beginning to think it's strictly about hating Muslims because there's just no other obvious reasoning for this attack. Israel hates Muslims. I also beginning to think the USG does, too.
There's so much bullshit floating around right now as to why all sorts of bad things are happening in the world. Over the past few months the bold, obvious lies of the Bush Administration have dominated the media and the media has not challenged the lies in the least. The media's job is to play devil's advocate--constantly challenging the government to make sure they are doing the right thing. So, when Israel started dropping bombs on Lebanon for the first time since Madonna was still sexy (the 1980s), I fully expected America's government to continue it's bald-faced, blatant lying to continue in support of Israel and I was right.
Now, I get my news from a few different sources. CNN.com, CNN Radio, DrudgeReport.Com, News.Goggle.Com, DemocracyNow.Org, Free speech Radio News (fsrn.org) and a few other places. As a result, I think my head is pretty well centered. I remember all of the coverage that led up to Israel's invasion and I know why it happened. The reason I bring this up is because the USG and much of the mainstream media are pretending that Israel is defending itself against Lebanon by invading her.
I'm not perfect--so my understanding of the way things happened over the past couple of weeks in the Middle East may not be perfect either, but here's how I understand it:
Hamas takes hostage an Israeli soldier with the apparent hope that they'll be able to use him to bargain with Israel to stop the random strikes against Hamas and other Palestinians (a beach was shelled, recently, killing Palestinian families having picnics).
Days later, Hezbollah (think of them like America's Republican party--they have their own military of sorts) takes two Israeli soldiers hostage in the hopes that they can trade them for Lebanese citizens and Palestinians arrested (taken hostage) by Israel. In fact, from what I've heard and read, this has been done for decades by both sides. Whenever some kidnaps someone from the other side, the favor is returned and eventually a trade occurs.
However, this time, Israel decided to start attacking both Lebanon and the Palestinian territories because of these three Israeli soldiers who were kidnapped.
And the US House passed a resolution supporting Israel. In [http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB115351929568114052-qWbMb49hIDPWQplgMCW31G8uDfQ_20060820.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top|a July 22, 2006 article] at WSJ.com (yes, the Wall Street Journal's website) reports:
...on Thursday the House passed by a 410-8 margin a resolution staunchly supporting Israel in the confrontation.
So, check it out--the US House calls three guys getting kidnapped a "confrontation."
Once again, our leaders are full of shit and they are letting thousands die for their own lies.
And for any right-wingers reading this who think I should propose a solution to all of this mess:
LET'S STOP THE KILLING, SHALL WE?
So, welcome to Earth! Population 6+ billion... and shrinking...
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