Monday, July 24, 2006
How many more children?
Shame on anyone, in any position of governmental power, who is not using every available microphone and legislative channel to call for an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah. Shame on the United States for proposing a 30 million-dollar humanitarian aid package to Lebanon while AT THE SAME TIME expediting shipments of bombs to Israel in order to ensure the continuation of the destruction on all sides. The unfathomable hypocrisy of this act vies with its futility. Shame on me and on all of us who pay our taxes to this corrupt and immoral U.S. government. Children are dying in the most horrific ways and we are footing the bill for most of the carnage. Those bombs have our names on them. Most of the dead are children. Children. Like my child. I am ashamed and heartsick. And I am very very sorry. How do we practice peace as if our lives depend on it? How do we practice harder?
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I think there's a different in providing aid to the citizens of Lebanon and supporting Israel's side in this conflict at the same time.
It's not Israel vs. Lebanon; it's Israel vs. Hezbollah.
It's a shame that the people of Lebanon are suffering as a result of their country and their government allowing their land to become home of such a terrorist organization.
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