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An Appropriate Gaza Cartoon
“The more Qassam fire intensifies and the rockets reach a longer range, they will bring upon themselves a bigger holocaust because we will use all our might to defend ourselves,” Matan Vilnai, the [Israeli] Deputy Defence Minister said.
Israel threatens to unleash 'holocaust' in Gaza, London Times, March 1, 2008
In an appropriate answer to Israel's current implementation of that threat, Norway's biggest newspaper VG on January 8 printed this cartoon which would be an awful car sticker (via annie in comments and Daily Norway).
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This one and this one from the same source are also appropriate.
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Parviz in comments asked to promote this: If Americans knew. While most Americans might not know, I believe the relevant people do know. Anyway, it is a good try.
Disconnect…
Obama’s AIPAC speech (see it again, link below, the snippets are cherry picked, re-ordred, asterix mine) :
BO strains mightily to equate the ‘black’ and ‘jewish’ experience of oppression. Makes for some truly weird comparisons, very much pinned on ‘black’ discourse:
I learned of the long journey and steady determination of the Jewish people to preserve their identity through faith, family and culture. Year after year, century after century, Jews carried on their traditions, and their dream of a homeland, in the face of impossible odds. (…) I deeply understood the Zionist idea — that there is always a homeland at the center of our story. (…) We must mean what we say when we speak the words “never again.” (…)
Dreams? Homeland? Faith – only soccer moms in the US talk about Jewish faith. (I mean in political oriented discourse, of course Jewish faith is a topic of discussion in religious studies etc.) Culture? How quaint.
The unbreakable bond between Isr. and the US is hammered into the wall with bloody nails:
I’ll be speaking from my heart, and as a true friend of Israel (…) My strong commitment to make sure that the bond between the United States and Israel is unbreakable today, tomorrow and *forever* ….as president I will never compromise when it comes to Israel’s security. (…) Not when there are rockets raining down on Sderot, and Israeli children have to take a deep breath and summon uncommon courage every time they board a bus or walk to school. (…) I talked to people who wanted nothing more simple, or elusive, than a secure future for their children.
Again, the black experience, taking a bus to school and ensuring children’s futures. (OB’s knowledge of all that is second hand, no wonder he sounds hollow.) The Israelis never ever mention *their* children’s future, or buses for that matter, curious no?
Legitimacy:
…my great-uncle had been a part of the 89th Infantry Division — the first Americans to reach a Nazi concentration camp. They liberated Ohrdruf, part of Buchenwald, on an April day in 1945. The horrors of that camp go beyond our capacity to imagine. Tens of thousands died of hunger, torture, disease, or plain murder — part of the Nazi killing machine that killed 6 million people.
This story is true, though C. P. Payne, the relative referred to, has not said anything much about what he saw there. Note OB’s very careful words, and the fact that his count is a code word.
Actions to be taken:
…That starts with ensuring Israel’s *qualitative* military advantage. I will ensure that Israel can defend itself from any threat — from Gaza to Tehran. Defense cooperation between the United States and Israel is a model of success, and must be deepened. As president, I will implement a Memorandum of Understanding that provides $30 billion in assistance to Israel over the next decade — investments to Israel’s security that will not be tied to any other nation. (…) As president, I will work to help Israel achieve the goal of two states, a Jewish state of Israel and a Palestinian state, living side by side in peace and security.
This illusory but seductive sounding aim is pile of BS, pure PR spin, designed to prolong the ‘conflict.’
The necessary usual:
Israel’s security is sacrosanct. It is non-negotiable. (..) Let there be no doubt: I will always keep the threat of military action on the table to defend our security and our ally Israel.
Bashing the weak:
The Palestinian people must understand that progress will not come through the false prophets of extremism or the corrupt use of foreign aid. The United States and the international community must stand by Palestinians who are committed to cracking down on terror and carrying the burden of peacemaking.
To stiff warnings:
I will strongly urge Arab governments to take steps to normalize relations with Israel, and to fulfill their responsibility to pressure extremists and provide real support for President Abbas and Prime Minister Fayyad. Egypt must cut off the smuggling of weapons into Gaza.
Tying it all together, the black and jewish experience:
….These same qualities can be found among American Jews. It is why so many Jewish Americans have stood by Israel, while advancing the American story. Because there is a commitment embedded in the Jewish faith and tradition: to freedom and fairness; to social justice and equal opportunity. To “tikkun olam — “ the obligation to repair this world. … I will never forget that *I would not be standing here today* if it weren’t for that commitment. In the great social movements in our country’s history, *Jewish and African Americans have stood shoulder to shoulder. They took buses down south together. They marched together. They bled together.* And Jewish Americans (…)
Tyrone and Shanana holding hands with Ruth and Benjamin with their blood leaking out of the front transmission? (sorry)
Obama had to present some BS to prove that where he was comin’ from was on the side of the Zionists. That it makes no sense at all is of no matter. It is a public position, period. Maybe the most important he has taken.
OB AIPAC speech, scroll down
Posted by: Tangerine | Jan 12 2009 19:45 utc | 34
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