Critical Thoughts

Israel is facing accusations of using white phosphorous in its offensive in the Gaza Strip. Israel has neither cofirmed or denied the use of the chemical, thought to be dangerous for civilians. In absence of an Israeli clarification, debate is growing on whether using the chemical is legally and ethically permissible.

Al Jazeera’s Jacky Rowland spoke with Marc Garlasco, a weapons expert, who says there is little doubt that the Israelis are using white phosphorous.

Masters Of War
by Bob Dylan

Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks

You that never done nothin’
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it’s your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly

Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain

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Watch Patrick Buchanan spanking chairman Clifford May of the so-called “Foundation for the Defense of Democracies”, a neoconservative think tank.

Someone who actually have some sense in the US of A. A very rare voice, indeed!

Seriously. If one is still supporting Israel openly despite the evidence of this, this or even this, I really do not know what should I say about people like them. Yes, we know that you support the Zionist goal of a purist Jewish state where ethnic cleansing and “Arab transfer” (the Zionist euphemism for expulsion) of Palestinians are the order of the day, but have a heart, will you? Imagine if Gazacaust were to happen to you or your family…will you still be supporting Israel blindly despite that?

As for those Hamas rockets….what Hamas rockets? Are you talking about those same crude, home-made rockets that were fired in response to the Israeli aggression and causing the deaths of only four obscure Israelis thus far? You are telling me that Israel, with all its superpower might and military supremacy in the Middle East, are unable to deal with a few mosquito rockets and thus have no choice but to carpet-bomb the civillian population of Gaza (the most densely-populated area in the world) with their F-16 jets in response to those same crude rockets? Oh, please…I have heard this excuse before. Israel is not going to get away with this massacre this time around like they did in Sabra & Shatilla, Jenin, Qana and Qalqilya. The world is opposed to Israeli aggression and rabid supporters of Israel are not going to change that opinion one single bit.

May Allah s.w.t. destroy the Zionist nation of Israel….sooner rather than later, insha’allah. Ameen, ameen, thumma ameen!