Scary, Scary, Scary
Since the beginning of the newest conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Hezbollah/Lebanon, I have been absolutely horrified by what has been happening and the refusal of Bush's Administration to do anything towards the goal of an immediate cease-fire with the end-goal of achieving a "lasting" peace. In the pursuit of truth, I have been doing a lot of research and have been absolutely appalled by what I have learned so far.
Just a few examples:
1. Initially, the news reports we heard here in the US have been that the Israeli soldiers were kidnapped by Hezbollah venturing into Israel to carry out the kidnapping. This scenario is what has been passed on to us as the justification for Israel taking military action.
Unfortunately, that justification is not supported by the facts. What really happened is that Israeli troops had infiltrated southern Lebanon and were captured by Hezbollah. This is verified by the following sources:
a. The wife of one of the captured Israelis states in an interview from London that her husband was captured. Link: http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/scp_v3/viewer/index.php?pid=16598&rn=49750&cl=656601&ch=49799&src=
b. The Prime Minister of Israel says the same thing. Link: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3285177,00.html
c. The initial reports out of the region also verify this and provide a map showing the location where the soldiers were captured. Link: http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/israeli_solders.html
2. Whenever a person travels down the road of pursuit of truth, we run the risk of learning that what we had previously thought to be true, may, in fact, have been nothing but a big, secretive plot to use propaganda to win our hearts.
3. I was brought up in a Christian environment (meaning more specifically that I was baptized and confirmed in the Christian faith). As such, I have, up until the past few weeks, supported the Israeli government. One thing I was guilty of was equating the government of Israel with the Jewish people. They are two separate entities, much the same way that there is a difference between the American government and the American people.
4. The process of truth-seeking led me to learn more about AIPAC. The ties between AIPAC and PNAC are cause for great concern. Two of the supporters of AIPAC are also founding members of AIPAC -- that would be Midge Decter and Norman Podhoretz. When I first read the names of the signers of the original PNAC documents I wondered who the heck they were but I didn't follow up on it. The last two weeks I did.
Speaking very bluntly, the ties between the religious fundamentalists of both the US and Israel are nefarious and devious. Can we trust anyone anymore? I don't believe so. This also underscores the very real necessity of keeping theocracy out of government.
What we say we despise in other "dictatorships" is what we are with the Bush Administration. The was currently going on between Israel and Hezbellah is nothing more than a small part of the larger plan to obtain control of the Middle East for the fundamentalists of our governments.
I want to make it explicitly clear here: I will always support people whose basic values engender those of truth, justice and equality for all -- regardless of sex, race, orientation, or religious belief or lack thereof.
The danger we face is not that of the people, but rather that of governments with ulterior motives.
Just a few examples:
1. Initially, the news reports we heard here in the US have been that the Israeli soldiers were kidnapped by Hezbollah venturing into Israel to carry out the kidnapping. This scenario is what has been passed on to us as the justification for Israel taking military action.
Unfortunately, that justification is not supported by the facts. What really happened is that Israeli troops had infiltrated southern Lebanon and were captured by Hezbollah. This is verified by the following sources:
a. The wife of one of the captured Israelis states in an interview from London that her husband was captured. Link: http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/scp_v3/viewer/index.php?pid=16598&rn=49750&cl=656601&ch=49799&src=
b. The Prime Minister of Israel says the same thing. Link: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3285177,00.html
c. The initial reports out of the region also verify this and provide a map showing the location where the soldiers were captured. Link: http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/israeli_solders.html
2. Whenever a person travels down the road of pursuit of truth, we run the risk of learning that what we had previously thought to be true, may, in fact, have been nothing but a big, secretive plot to use propaganda to win our hearts.
3. I was brought up in a Christian environment (meaning more specifically that I was baptized and confirmed in the Christian faith). As such, I have, up until the past few weeks, supported the Israeli government. One thing I was guilty of was equating the government of Israel with the Jewish people. They are two separate entities, much the same way that there is a difference between the American government and the American people.
4. The process of truth-seeking led me to learn more about AIPAC. The ties between AIPAC and PNAC are cause for great concern. Two of the supporters of AIPAC are also founding members of AIPAC -- that would be Midge Decter and Norman Podhoretz. When I first read the names of the signers of the original PNAC documents I wondered who the heck they were but I didn't follow up on it. The last two weeks I did.
Speaking very bluntly, the ties between the religious fundamentalists of both the US and Israel are nefarious and devious. Can we trust anyone anymore? I don't believe so. This also underscores the very real necessity of keeping theocracy out of government.
What we say we despise in other "dictatorships" is what we are with the Bush Administration. The was currently going on between Israel and Hezbellah is nothing more than a small part of the larger plan to obtain control of the Middle East for the fundamentalists of our governments.
I want to make it explicitly clear here: I will always support people whose basic values engender those of truth, justice and equality for all -- regardless of sex, race, orientation, or religious belief or lack thereof.
The danger we face is not that of the people, but rather that of governments with ulterior motives.
posted by Lisa @ 9:57 AM
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