red...@lava.net wrote:
> Some long time readers of alt.war.vietnam may recall us introducing
> Hawaii resident Col. Wright…redvet
>
>
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/03/05-10
> Published on Monday, March 5, 2012 by Common Dreams
> Obama, the 'Denier' of Israel's Crimes
> by Ann Wright
> I listened to President Obama's speech to AIPAC Sunday, March 4, 2012,
> while sitting outside the Washington Convention Center where AIPAC was
> holding its annual conference. We at OCCUPY AIPAC hooked up a PA
> system to a computer and listened to the live stream while watching
> tens of thousands of Israel's American supporters arrive for their
> yearly intimidation of the U.S. Congress and the U.S. President to
> fund and protect Israel.President Obama speaks before members of the
> American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Pete Marovich / EPA)
> Much of the focus for others writing about the President's pandering
> speech to AIPAC will be about the Iran nuclear program and, if
> weaponized, the threat to Israeli and U.S. security, in that order. I
> will leave the Iran nuclear program to them while I will write about a
> part of his speech that pertains to a part of the world that I know
> personally.
> But one last comment about Iran-- Obama said the Iranian government
> denies the Holocaust.
> I would say that Iranian government is not the only "denier."
> President Obama and his advisors are the "deniers" of incredible
> Israeli violence and horrific violations of international law.
> In his speech, Obama said, "When the Goldstone report unfairly singled
> out Israel for criticism (after Israel attacked Gaza), we challenged
> it."
> Having been to Gaza within days after the 22-day Israeli attack on
> Gaza that killed 1440, wounded 5,000 and left 50,000 homeless (13
> Israelis were killed-5 by Israeli fire), I know the Goldstone Report
> is accurate in its recording of endless Israeli attacks on Gaza by
> air, land and sea. President Obama must not know that the Goldstone
> report comments on the actions of all parties, not just the Israelis.
> How would Obama know whether the report is accurate or not, when not
> one Obama administration officer has visited Gaza to observe the
> destruction first hand, nor have they asked any of the American
> citizens who have travelled to Gaza for their observations.
> In another event concerning Gaza, Obama recounted, "When Israel was
> isolated in the aftermath of the flotilla incident, we supported
> them." I was a passenger on one of the six ships in the 2010 Gaza
> Freedom Flotilla. I know personally that Israeli commandos brutally
> attacked all six ships in the flotilla. On the Mavi Marmara commandos
> executed 9 passengers and wounded 50 more. There were only civilians
> on the ships and there were no weapons on the ships. Israeli commandos
> murdered an American citizen shooting him 5 times. Despite the
> repeated requests of the family of the U.S. citizen, 19 year old
> Furkan Dogan, the Obama administration decided it did not need to
> conduct its own investigation but would rely on the Israeli government
> investigating itself. Israel was isolated by the world after their
> criminal behavior against the Gaza flotilla--and for good reason! I
> will add that the Obama administration did not contact any of the
> American citizens on the flotilla to ask for their comments on the
> Israeli attack other than a brief consular visit in the Israeli prison
> where we were held.
> Obama said the U.S. protects Israel from "one-sided resolutions" in
> the United Nations Human Rights Council, yet the U.S. and Israel stand
> virtually alone as the rest of the nations of the world see clearly
> Israel's outrageous actions that are condemned by the Human Rights
> Council.
> Obama stated the United States stands against divestment and boycott
> of Israeli goods, yet as boycott, divestment and sanctions actions by
> citizens demanding that organizations look at human rights records of
> companies in which they have invested, despite what Obama says, Israel
> is beginning to feel the pinch as citizen "sanctions" on Israeli
> companies that steal resources from Palestinian lands are implemented.
> Finally, Obama said that the U.S. opposes those who "delegitimize"
> Israel. Yet it is the State of Israel that by its illegal actions
> against Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, delegitimizes
> itself-Israel does not need anyone to help in delegitimization.
> Obama ended that section of his speech with "when the chips are down,
> I have Israel's back," no doubt hoping that AIPAC supporters will
> contribute substantially to his re-election campaign because of his
> perpetual "denial" of the criminal actions of the state of Israel… a
> "denial" dangerous for the national security of the United States, and
> of the State of Israel.
>
> Ann Wright is a 29 year US Army/Army Reserves veteran who retired as a
> Colonel and a former US diplomat who resigned in March, 2003 in
> opposition to the war on Iraq. She served in Nicaragua, Grenada,
> Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia and
> Mongolia. In December, 2001 she was on the small team that reopened
> the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. She is the co-author of the
> book "Dissent: Voices of Conscience." (
www.voicesofconscience.com)
> =====
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Palestinians...made to pay for the crimes of Europeans against Jews.
the world burns
;-(