So far I’ve resisted the urge to comment on Israel’s ongoing operations against Hamas… I just don’t see any value in playing armchair general or armchair diplomat.This morning though I picked up my local paper and read this bit of idiocy in the Letters to the Editor:
The Israeli attack on the Gaza Ghetto, much like the Nazi attack on the Warsaw Ghetto, is in the words of Israeli leaders “the beginning” and is intended “to send Gaza back decades.”So far, more than 300 have been killed and more than 1,000 injured (200 of those critically), 35 percent women, children and elderly, along with many homes, police stations and civil society buildings destroyed.
According to the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, most Gaza Ghetto victims, like Warsaw Ghetto victims, are civilians.
And just like the Nazis who tormented them, the Israeli government blames the victims.
Enough! Our United States government must stop the Israeli tail from always wagging the American dog and pull the leash once and for all on Israel.
After all, with spying AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) friends like that, who needs enemies?
Owen M. Sullivan
SOUTHBURY
I have a question for Mr. Sullivan and others on the left… What exactly would you have Israel do? Lets remember a few things:
- Israel has an absolute moral right to defend its citizens.
- Hamas has fired thousands of rockets and mortars into Israel from Gaza over the last several years.
- Hamas has never acknowledged Israel’s right to exist. In fact Hamas still seeks Israel’s destruction.
- Hamas deliberately stores weapons in civilian areas and launches its rocket and mortar attacks from civilian areas.
Civilian casualties are an unfortunate reality of war, my heart goes out to the citizens of Gaza… If we’re going to place blame place it where it belongs – on Hamas. Israel has bent over backwards to meet the demands of the international community in the “peace process” and made concession after concession but Hamas has acted in bad faith every step of the way. Hamas wanted this war and now they’re going to have to face the consequences. Mr. Sullivan is right about one thing the citizens of Gaza are the victims they’re caught in the cross fire between the terrorists of Hamas and the state of Israel which is rightfully defending its citizens.
As Alan Dershowitz notes in an Op Ed in today’s Wall Street Journal:
Until the world recognizes that Hamas is committing three war crimes — targeting Israeli civilians, using Palestinian civilians as human shields, and seeking the destruction of a member state of the United Nations — and that Israel is acting in self-defense and out of military necessity, the conflict will continue.
On related note the IDF has launched a blog @ idfspokesperson.com.
MR SETARO,
I WILL TRY ANSWERING YOUR POINTS IN THE ORDER YOU PUT THEM AND I WILL DO SO IN CAPITAL LETTERS FOR VISUAL CONTRASTING ONLY.
So far I’ve resisted the urge to comment on Israel’s ongoing operations against Hamas… I just don’t see any value in playing armchair general or armchair diplomat.
…UNLESS OF COURSE IT’S ARABS KILLING HUNDREDS OF JEWISH PEOPLE.
This morning though I picked up my local paper and read this bit of idiocy in the Letters to the Editor:
HEAL THYSELF! AREN’T THESE YOUR WORDS:
1. Be respectful – Name-calling, personal insults and “flaming” won’t be tolerated.
HERE ARE MY WORDS:
The Israeli attack on the Gaza Ghetto, much like the Nazi attack on the Warsaw Ghetto, is in the words of Israeli leaders “the beginning” and is intended “to send Gaza back decades.”So far, more than 300 have been killed and more than 1,000 injured (200 of those critically), 35 percent women, children and elderly, along with many homes, police stations and civil society buildings destroyed.
According to the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, most Gaza Ghetto victims, like Warsaw Ghetto victims, are civilians.
And just like the Nazis who tormented them, the Israeli government blames the victims.
Enough! Our United States government must stop the Israeli tail from always wagging the American dog and pull the leash once and for all on Israel.
After all, with spying AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) friends like that, who needs enemies?
THANK YOU FOR RE-PRINTING MY ENTIRE LETTER HERE. JUST NOTE, THAT THE NEWS-TIMES CHANGED MY SUGGESTED TITLE: GAZA GHETTO = WARSAW GHETTO.
I have a question for Mr. Sullivan and others on the left…
YOU’RE PAINTING WITH A BROAD BRUSH. WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I’M ON THE LEFT JUST BECAUSE I CRITICIZE ANOTHER COUNTRY’S WAR CRIMES? KNOW THOUGH THAT I AM NOT ANTI-ARAB OR ANTI-JEW, JUST PRO-RED, WHITE & BLUE.
What exactly would you have Israel do?
STOP KILLING PALESTINIANS AND OCCUPYING THEIR COUNTRY.
Lets remember a few things:
1. Israel has an absolute moral right to defend its citizens.
AS DOES EVERY NATION.
2. Hamas has been fired thousands of rockets and mortars into Israel from Gaza over the last several years.
THAT’S A MANIFESTATION OF ASYMETRICAL DEFENSE MUCH LIKE NATIVE AMERICANS WHO FIRED THOUSANDS OF ARROWS AND BULLETS AT U.S. COWBOYS, SOLDIERS AND HOMESTEADERS. THEREFORE, IT SHOULD NOT BE AN EXCUSE FOR FURTHER INVASION AND OCCUPATION.
3. Hamas has never acknowledged Israel’s right to exist. In fact Hamas still seeks Israel’s destruction.
THIS IS A FALSE CANARD RIGHT FROM THE AIPAC PR PLAYBOOK. NO COUNTRY ANYWHERE HAS TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANOTHER COUNTRY’S RIGHT TO EXIST. MOREOVER, HAMAS WAS DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED SO IT IS ISRAEL AND THE U.S THAT REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLES’ RIGHT TO EXIST AND TO FREELY CHOOSE THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THEIR CHOICE WHICH IS WHY ISRAEL IS KILLING THEM FOR THE CYNICAL REASON OF CURRENT DOMESTIC ISRAELI ELECTORAL POLITICS WHICH HAS AN EYE AND HAND ON FURTHER LAND GRABBING FROM THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. IF ANYTHING, HAMAS HAS NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED ISRAEL’S RIGHT TO RAPE OR ROB THEM…AND THEY NEVER WILL. AND ACCORDING TO MY OLD ARMY SERGEANT: “FIGHTING FOR PEACE IS LIKE SCREWING FOR VIRGINITY.”
4. Hamas deliberately stores weapons in civilian areas and launches its rocket and mortar attacks from civilian areas.
NICE TRY. ALL OF GAZA IS A CIVILIAN AREA.
Civilian casualties are an unfortunate reality of war, my heart goes out to the citizens of Gaza…
SURE IT DOES. AND WHAT HAVE YOU EVER DONE FOR THEM?
If we’re going to place blame place it where it belongs – on Hamas.
AND WHAT COUNTRY HAS HAMAS INVADED AND OCCUPIED? WHAT PEOPLE HAVE THEY CUT OFF FROM WATER, FOOD AND MEDICINE? YOU SOUND LIKE A VICHY FRENCHMAN BLAMING THE RESISTANCE FOR THE GERMAN OCCUPATION.
Israel has bent over backwards to meet the demands of the international community in the “peace process” and made concession after concession but Hamas has acted in bad faith every step of the way.
WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE TELL LIES LIKE THIS? FILL IN THE BLANK: _______
Hamas wanted this war and now they’re going to have to face the consequences.
MORE LIKE THEY WANTED THE INVADER AND OCCUPIER OUT OF THEIR COUNTRY MUCH LIKE THE FRENCH RESISTANCE, THE VIET CONG, THE APACHE AND THE LAKOTA.
Mr. Sullivan is right about one thing
ERR…YOU HAVEN’T PROVEN ME WRONG ON ANYTHING I HAVE WRITTEN.
the citizens of Gaza are the victims they’re caught in the cross fire between the terrorists of Hamas and the state of Israel which is rightfully defending its citizens.
MUCH LIKE NAZI GERMANY WAS DEFENDING ITS CITIZENS IN VICHY FRANCE. AND PITY THE POOR FRENCH PEOPLE CAUGHT IN THE CROSS FIRE BETWEEN THE FRENCH RESISTANCE AND THE GERMANS. LOL!
As Alan Dershowitz notes in an Op Ed in today’s Wall Street Journal:
NOAM CHOMSKY AND NORMAN FINKLESTEIN HAVE ALREADY OUTED THIS GUY AS A LIAR AND PLAGERIZER BUT OF COURSE THAT WON’T EVER STOP HIM.
Until the world recognizes that Hamas is committing three war crimes — targeting Israeli civilians, using Palestinian civilians as human shields, and seeking the destruction of a member state of the United Nations — and that Israel is acting in self-defense and out of military necessity, the conflict will continue.
SECOND VERSE SAME AS THE FIRST BUT THIS TIME BY JOSEF GOEBBELS: “UNTIL THE WORLD RECOGNIZES THAT THE FRENCH RESISTANCE IS COMMITTING THREE WAR CRIMES – TARGETING GERMAN CIVILIANS, USING FRENCH CIVILIANS AS HUMAN SHIELDS, AND SEEKING THE DESTRUCTION OF A MEMBER STATE OF EUROPE — AND THAT GERMANY IS ACTING IN SELF-DEFENSE AND OUT OF MILITARY NECESSITY, THE CONFLICT WILL CONTINUE.”
On related note the IDF has launched a blog @ idfspokesperson.com.
OH WELL…WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW? AND WHILE YOU’RE AT IT YOU CAN PROBABLY DOWNLOAD OLD PRESS RELEASES FROM THE WERMACHT TOO. NUFF SAID!
Thank you Mr. Sullivan, your response is almost word for word what I expected!