This so much reminds me of the reaction I had to 9/11 that was impossible to talk about at the time: you reap what you sow. It didn't take much back then to reflect on the arrogance of the US over the years that got so many innocent people killed. And the same goes here. I have an Israeli friend who has gone from a pretty liberal guy to …
This so much reminds me of the reaction I had to 9/11 that was impossible to talk about at the time: you reap what you sow. It didn't take much back then to reflect on the arrogance of the US over the years that got so many innocent people killed. And the same goes here. I have an Israeli friend who has gone from a pretty liberal guy to hard right freakin overnight. It's understandable: he has relatives in one of the small towns attacked. But I can do nothing but blame Netanyahu and the ultranationalists for winding things up to the breaking point. Hamas obviously is no better, but one can understand the motives of a terrorist while at the same time condemning their acts. The motives of N are keep out of jail and the motives of the ultranationalists are exactly like Russia's in Ukraine.
Netanyahu has threatened to pretty much bomb Gaza flat and told civilians to leave. The problem is they can't--Israeli forces restrict their travel.
I'm not a pacifist, but thinking through my lifetime, WWII was the only thing approaching a "just war." There, the state adversary and the terrorist were one and the same. The rest have been "big men puffing their chests out" and accomplishing nothing but killing innocents despite the lies they told to be able to strut. And it's happening again
This was written as "satirical humor" when I was 9 and recorded by the Kingston Trio when I was 15. It was humor until it isn't.
This so much reminds me of the reaction I had to 9/11 that was impossible to talk about at the time: you reap what you sow. It didn't take much back then to reflect on the arrogance of the US over the years that got so many innocent people killed. And the same goes here. I have an Israeli friend who has gone from a pretty liberal guy to hard right freakin overnight. It's understandable: he has relatives in one of the small towns attacked. But I can do nothing but blame Netanyahu and the ultranationalists for winding things up to the breaking point. Hamas obviously is no better, but one can understand the motives of a terrorist while at the same time condemning their acts. The motives of N are keep out of jail and the motives of the ultranationalists are exactly like Russia's in Ukraine.
Netanyahu has threatened to pretty much bomb Gaza flat and told civilians to leave. The problem is they can't--Israeli forces restrict their travel.
I'm not a pacifist, but thinking through my lifetime, WWII was the only thing approaching a "just war." There, the state adversary and the terrorist were one and the same. The rest have been "big men puffing their chests out" and accomplishing nothing but killing innocents despite the lies they told to be able to strut. And it's happening again
This was written as "satirical humor" when I was 9 and recorded by the Kingston Trio when I was 15. It was humor until it isn't.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUfUAnqRJTQ