The Killers of Children! More than 1,000 killed in Gaza

More than 1,000 killed in Gaza

.........more than a third of these are children.....

......And we do nothing.... NOTHING....

......We, yes.... YOU AND I..............we do NOTHING...

......we do nothing about Israel and what Israel does...

......we use the same old arguments.......

...... believe the same old arguments...

......that have been used time and time again....year after year......

......this is KILLING.........pure

.....The silence of Obama...the words of Hillary Clinton are sickening.......

......almost as sickening as the actions of Israel ...

......but WE.......WE do NOTHING...............

......are we not sickening too........... ?

Don't wait for Obama they will all be dead, …..for Bush that is okay

Forget Obama he is only “concerned” for the press but not concerned enough to do something, speak out, take the risk....

if this is change....

(the usual political games and manoeuvres, staying out of trouble to keep your seat and the votes, don't rock the boat, be careful of the powerful Jewish and other powerful right-wingers...stay on the old road, old policies, old tactics, old everything...)

then lets forget this kind of change, forget Obama and his kind of change...and we can all (accept Israel who are grateful to him) certainly forget Bush....(and we forgot him in this sense long ago....but we wont be able to forget what he did to the world, and how many lives have been lost, how much destruction.....)

it is YOU who brings real change YOU AND ONLY YOU

Stop the Killing – TAKE ACTION! Stop Israel!

If the links are the wrong ones for your country then go to yours and do the same!

http://www.amnesty.org.uk/index.asp

http://www.protectthehuman.com/

and look at articles such as these:

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090126/klein?rel=hpbox

Stop the Killing - Take Action

Stop the Killing – Take Action! Stop Israel!

If the links are the wrong ones for your country then go to yours and do the same!

http://www.amnesty.org.uk/index.asp

http://www.protectthehuman.com/

and look at articles such as these:

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090126/klein?rel=hpbox

and concerning other matters of today:

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081117/klein

See the side bar for other links to Naomi Klein articles.

My oh my Obama is “deeply concerned“

My oh my, Obama is „deeply concerned„! What about! There is nothing to be „deeply concerned“ about is there? I mean Israel has only killed about 600 people or more, and goodness knows wounded how many more, and many of these children and women or innocent men! What has Obama to be concerned about? And why should he be concerned at all, after all he is only the president elect that takes office in a few days time. Why should he be bothered or concerned with such matters? The inauguration party is more important! Sitting on the fence is more important! Not upsetting those Jewish power bosses and voters and right-wingers is more important. Not going against the American trend of supporting Israel no matter what they do, or treat other people, is more important. Why should Obama be „deeply concerned“! What good is that going to do anyway, lets get on with the big party in Washington, that’s more important, that’s what we have be more concerned about!

Obama’s kind of change: Sitting on the fence

Bush supports the war in Palestine, he supports Israel. We can not expect anything good or worthwhile from him. Obama canvassed for election on the word “change”. Apparently change for him is sitting on the fence.

Obama is busy. Busy sitting on the fence, enjoying his view from a luxury hotel of the Whitehouse, “busy” making financial plans for the “recovery of America“. Very noble. The only trouble is as he is doing this hundreds of people, once real live people, are being killed in Palestine. Not his problem! Not his business! Not his watch!

Come on, what a load of rubbish!

I would say it is every human beings problem, no matter where they are.

Not his business? Why not? He is a human being isn’t he? It’s the business of all of us.

He has been elected because he promised change and just because he is not in the White House (on Watch!) surely does not exclude him from this; he is busy with other presidential problems.

Not his watch (Only one president)! Well I don’t see what his not yet being president has to do with this. I am not president and even I am trying to do something (by writing this and other things) and he is in a more powerful position than I am.

There are a lot more reasons. For example how about the unbalanced and biased support of America for Israel. How about that America has helped Israel to be such a well armed and powerful country and force, even having nuclear capabilities. How about the fact that America has armed Israel. How about the way America has encouraged Israel over all the years, either directly or indirectly or secretly or through third parties. How about the fact that America is still doing that right at this moment. How about the fact that America is responsible for what is going on now, directly or indirectly. How about so many reasons. ……

…….How about the simple fact that these are human beings, that Palestinians are human beings too, and are supposed to have human rights too…but no one can ever really believe this…

…not his watch…only one president at a time……

….come off it…..

…..were not talking about real change…(and he has been elected now so forget that)….

…………..were talking about the game of politics…staying in power…not upsetting those powerful right-wingers, the powerful and influential Jewish votes and power bosses….

….change…what change…change is selective, it means I’m going to talk about it, promise it….it don’t mean I’m going to do it…and even if I do…well don’t expect any heroics or anything "really changeful "

The Crime of Israel… and the list of The Top Ten greatest Threats to the World

I haven’t written anything for this or any other of my blogs since 7 June 2007. That’s a long time ago and a lot has happened in the world since then. I gave up writing for my blog for a mixture of reasons. Firstly because I did not really have the time anymore, and since I thought no one ever really reads what I write I (rightly or wrongly, probably wrongly) kind of thought “why bother”. Other reasons played a role too and I wasn’t sure I wanted to continue with this kind of blog writing.

But I am back (for this one time).


My second to last article on my blog was titled “The Top Ten Greatest Threats to the World”.

Due to the length of time that had passed since I wrote this article I was surprised to receive a comment for this article on 18 October 2008 from: Blackrain. His comment was:

So right Joe. How prolific. You wrote this almost a year and a half ago, and look at us now!

Blackrain was of course referring to the latest economic situation in the world. Which I had listed many times in my list, directly and indirectly.

I also listed another major threat to the world. Listed at Nr. 5 that has now become acute.

Israeli Politics.

Once again, just as in Iraq, we in the World stand by and passively watch as human rights violations, unjust and disproportionate and illegal death and destruction, on MEN, WOMEN and CHILDREN is carried out by a superior power.

Yes, rockets have been and are being fired at Israel. Yes, this is not right and is not to be supported or condoned. This is a reality.

But there is also another reality. That these rockets (while they should not be excused, supported or condoned) usually only cause some damage and rarely death. This does not mean that this makes them right, or acceptable, or harmless, or any other thing. They are not right and should be stopped.

But to kill over 500 people (and how many more to come?) and create so much destruction of homes, properties and people lives is shameless, and is a far greater crime.

It is a crime against all human rights, and human life, and life in all forms.

It is a disproportionate, inhuman crime.

To treat people the way Israel treats Palestinians, treating them like dirt, like nothing, barricading them from food and supplies, from medical care and help, from travelling, from life, from their own land and property, building walls, denying them any real decency, hope or possibilities, or future, denying them their beliefs, denying their human rights, controlling them in every way possible, denying them energy and water….and continually using their superior and disproportionate military and technical power……and doing this year after year after year…then it is little wonder that you aggravate some reaction….

..it is to wonder if this is what Israel really wants…keep the rockets coming and they have arguments and excuses to squeeze the Palestinians from their land, their hopes, and…? They certainly do not show any real meaningful sign of truly wanting peace. Peace in any relationship has to be suitable for both sides. But Israel has the power and upper hand and is not willing to sacrifice this. And certainly not so long as it is supported by America.

As in the case of Iraq we, the rest of the World just stand by and watch, and do nothing. All too often we believe the arguments that Israel gives to support its actions and policies. Just as the Americans and so many others believed Bush about the reasons for (illegally) invading Iraq. It turned out not to be true.

Yet once again we do the same. We believe the arguments quickly. It is no surprise that Bush supports Israel, although he does it indirectly, as so many things. That politicians like rightwing Angela Merkel of Germany who also quickly supported Israel is probably also no great surprise, although downright disgusting and a shame and a crime against humanrights.

I think it is unlikely that much will change when Barack Obama is in power either. I would truly like to hope that he will bring change, but…If he truly wanted change from his heart he would not be keeping silent now. But in politics it is always politics that are more important, being popular and keeping in power…not real human lives…not real real change. If we see the people he is bringing into important positions in government then change would not seem to all that high on the list…..and certainly not human lives.

And what about us…we keep silent of course, just watch passively, believe the Israeli and other Western powers propaganda…the propaganda from (political background) radio and T.V. senders such as the BBC….

We see the destruction and the death…we know it is disproportionate…illegal….inhuman…a crime….we know it is power….. But we do nothing…

….are we not also committing a crime…

A crime against humanity, human rights, against life….?

Poisonous Propaganda

Poisonous Propaganda the very true words from Tony Blair! In the world of psychology, it is usually recognised that people who use certain words often, or on a regular bases, or in a certain way to blame another person are very often projecting there own “things” onto this other person or persons. This certainly would seem to be the case regarding Tony Blair.

Tony Blair talks of poisonous propaganda warping the minds of young people. He and the head of the British MI5 say that they know of 30 terror plots threatening the UK and that 1,600 people are under surveillance.

However (BBC News quote): “……Massoud Shadjareh, of the Islamic Human Rights Commission, said he accepted there was a terrorist threat but it had to be put into perspective.

"Over 1,000 arrests have been made under anti-terrorism since 9/11 and out of those, 27 have been found guilty. Out of those 27, only nine have been Muslims," ……….”

(end of quote from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/6137188.stm)

If there are so many “warped” people how come? In addition, how come so many “warped” were (apparently) not about before 9/11? Why are there all of a sudden so many “warped” people, most of whom would seem to be young Islamic people according to Tony Blair. Moreover, what about real scientific proof? Who decides that these young people are “warped” or being “warped”? And how, on what basis, and to what criteria and whose criteria?

Tony Blair’s, MI5’s, the police, right-wingers, or?

The MI5 has 50% more staff than it had before 9/11. The head of MI5 says even so MI5 will not be able to manage.

In an earlier article of mine (The land of 1984 wakes up to 1984) you can read that the British people are the most watched people in the whole world and are equal with Russia in being the most controlled.

Clearly, these statements from Blair and the head of MI5 are intended to increase this even more.

However no doubt there are other causes and reasons.

Tony Blair used the words “poisonous propaganda”. And we can surely wonder where exactly does this “poisonous propaganda” come from, or arise! Under the leadership of the person who uses these words, Britain together with the USA (under leadership of his close political friend Bush) invaded Iraq and the whole world was told that it was because Iraq posed a nuclear threat. This turned out to be false, “poisonous propaganda”. Since then we have been bombarded by “fear” by one means or another, how much we are at risk, the terrorists this or that, and so on, “poisonous propaganda”. Certainly, there is some truth in these things, if there was not then they would have no effect at all. These things must always be built on at least some truth.

Let us look at some of the advantages of using such fear techniques:

1) First and foremost it serves the person using such techniques and arguments in some personal psychological way.

2) It makes the people easier to control and manipulate

3) It opens backdoors for excuse if anything goes wrong (we warned you = so it is your (own) fault)

4) Makes it easier to get funding for the security departments

5) Makes it easier to increase the security and controlling departments

6) Often such people live in denial states: they often need to see themselves as being the “do gooders” - the “Angels” while the other is the “devil”; are unable to truly admit they are wrong, always see the other as the wrong doers; and that they have not played any negative role in the outcome; this helps them maintain this way of being

7) Helps keep someone in power, or control of power

8) Feeds the hungry ego

9) more and more control

There are more but this is just to get the picture.

Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, we all lived in fear of war with Russia. Nuclear bombs and wars, spies and infiltrations, “commies” under the bed, invasion……….the list goes on.

“poisonous propaganda”

(Although we are lucky that neither Bush nor Blair were in power then otherwise there might well have been real nuclear disaster, but now we live with another type disaster.)

There is little doubt that something is wrong, the only question is where and with whom is it really wrong? The question is: from where is the real poisonous propaganda coming from and who is really creating it, and what is the real purpose?

you got killed – hard luck!

You got killed, maimed, lost a child, or wife, father or mother, your friends or relations, your whole family, had your home and life destroyed – well hard luck (and join the rest), that’s the way it goes!

It’s not our fault the militants are using you as a shield, we will have to kill you anyway; it’s not our fault the militants are hiding in your village, your house, we will have to bomb it, or blow it up, and you and your wife and children with it anyway!

Too bad that’s just the way it goes in war!

What war? Well the war we are fighting against the terrorists, militants, Taliban!

But this is not your country! Too bad, we decided we were coming, we decided you needed us, we decided that this evil had to be stamped out, we decided!

Who decided! Well Washington and London and we managed to get those others involved, NATO and all the rest, be grateful it’s in your own interest.

But you’re killing us! Too bad, and what does a few casualties matter in the greater picture, we have to do this!

But there were no militants in our houses, in our villages when you bombed our houses, and killed our children, our wife’s and wiped out our families! Too bad, that’s the way war is, anyway we know the militants were using you as shields, they are always using you as shields when you civilians get killed, it’s always the militants fault when something like that happens. It’s more important that we kill the militants than worry about civilians getting killed, that’s just the way it is in war.

But we don’t want this war! Too bad, you have got it, Oh and by the way, General James Jones a top NATO commander has said he is sorry, stop moaning and get those children buried; we don’t want the world seeing them (or the truth)!

655,000 Iraqis have died

A controversial new study contends nearly 655,000 Iraqis have died because of the war, suggesting a far higher death toll than other estimates!

So thank you Mr Blair (and Mr Bush)

Why were British soldiers dressed as Arabs? Up to no good, playing dirty games, spies? Well whatever the reason we can be pretty sure that it will not be a good one, never mind the questions of ethics or legality? This is the kind of thing that (Bush and) Blair has got the UK (and the rest of the world) into. The two Arab disguised soldiers get caught in a police control but instead of just surrendering they have a shoot out with the Iraqi police? Taken to the police station/jail they are then broken out of this jail by British tanks, armoured cars, gun ships and goodness knows what else. This is the kind of thing Blair (Bush) has got the UK into.

If you or I were arrested by the police in the UK and some (suspected) incorrect action was carried out by the police while we are under arrest (as so often does happen) we can be sure that the British Judicial system would be severe in its reactions if a bunch of our colleges and friends decided to break down the wall of the jail to release us. It would make little difference if we argued that we were doing it only because in our view the police were acting incorrectly or even dangerously and we were only acting in extreme concern for our arrested friend. Yet the British (and American?) army apparently has its own rules of law and these laws seem to differ greatly to those we have to abide by. These army laws also seem to bend into which ever shape fits the armies own needs at any particular moment. Criminals must be very jealous. The rest of us just have to hope that should we carry out similar acts that our sentence would not be too long. Of course there is also the great risk that Blair might also quickly bring in some so-called terrorist law that covered our misdeeds and these new laws would send us away to jail (not to be rescued by army tanks or friends) for a very long period of time, possibly even without trial. No doubt the government would present all kinds of records of our personal emails, website visits, and video recordings of our movements to back up their claims and the need for such stiff sentences (without trial).

But the British (and American) army? Well they (along with Bush and Blair) can do what they like. Some law to cover any wrong actions will be found (or quickly passed into law) or some convincing (sounding) reason will be found (how about the police were studying books on how to make a nuclear bomb, or even better were starting to make one, or simply that the soldiers had been handed over to militants?).

Let’s not forget that it goes without saying that whatever reason the two British soldiers were dressed in Arab clothes was surely in the best interest of the Iraqi people and the safety of the rest of the world. That whatever actions were being done by these two disguised British soldiers was in the best interests of us all (everywhere in the world), so in the best interest of us all the British army did have to break down the wall of the police station (or jail) to rescue them. Instead of condemning such actions we should be praising them (and Bush and Blair of course since they are the responsible persons)! Even if the rumours are true that the two soldiers were carrying out terrorist actions which could then be blamed on terrorist organisations, well, even if these accusations deem to be true we must remember that they were done in our own best (world) interest. And even though we will never know the true reasons lets not forget to be grateful all the same! So thank you Mr Blair (and Mr Bush).