[Peace-discuss] Israeli massacre in Gaza

[C. G. Estabrook]

	Obama on Gaza: ‘No Comment’
	Posted December 27, 2008
	by Justin Raimondo

“There was no immediate comment on the Israeli air strikes on Gaza from Obama,
who is vacationing with his family in Hawaii, or his staff.”

This is how our incoming President has reacted to the worst attack on the
Palestinian people in 20 years – by not reacting at all.

The Bush White House, of course, has responded as we all know they would:
Israel-has-the-right-to-defend itself, let the killing begin, etc., ad nauseum.

And don’t expect much better from the Obama camp. Remember how he scolded the UN
for daring to even discuss the Gaza situation?:

“We have to understand why Israel is forced to do this… Israel has the right to
respond while seeking to minimize any impact on civilians. The Security Council
should clearly and unequivocally condemn the rocket attacks… If it cannot bring
itself to make these common sense points, I urge you to ensure that it does not
speak at all.”

With his silence – or, at least, his very delayed reaction – it seems clear that
Obama is taking his own advice. Even as Israel takes the possibility of a new
page in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict off the agenda, and sabotages all his
brave talk about a renewed US diplomatic effort, the great “liberal” hope is
apparently tongue-tied. And when he finally speaks, “progressives” should
prepare for the worst: after all, this is someone who endorsed the Israeli
re-invasion of Lebanon.

The Israeli-Palestinian “peace process”? The Israelis, for their part, are
having none of it – and neither is our future President.

http://news.antiwar.com/2008/12/27/obama-on-gaza-no-comment


Neil Parthun wrote:
> /tongue firmly in cheek
> 
> Well, that isn't change I can believe in.
> 
> I guess the Israeli military heard the slogan of the Obama administration and
> figured that was the greenlight for mass slaughter in Gaza -- "Yes, we can!"
> 
> Live hard, Neil
> 
> Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience...Our
> problem is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty
> and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty. Our problem is that
> people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves, and all the
> while the grand thieves are running and robbing the country. That's our
> problem. [howard zinn, 1922-]