Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Those pictures dominating the international media of Israeli soldiers gently helping Israeli colonial settlers in evacuating their illegal homes and settlements. Are they supposed to be tear jerking? Am I missing something in them? And do the media not notice the differences in the treatment of demonstrators by Israeli Offence Forces on the basis of their religion? And do I detect some acting on the part of those colonial settlers for the benefit of the cameras? Are those settlers or performers? Is that Tony Danza that I see in this picture? Israel gets (from US media) more propaganda advantages than it even needs. Israel gets paid (by US Congress) when it occupies land by force, and then gets paid for leaving those lands (due to mounting resistance by the occupied). Is there anything that Israel does that US Congress would not reward it for? I bet you that if Israel ever drops WMDs on Arab targets, the US Congress would intervene, but only to reward those who dropped the bombs. They probably would pass a legislation titled, The Compensation of Israeli Anguished Bombers Act.