[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [hq2600] From Cynthia McKinney: Remarks at the DC "Let Gaza Live"March and Rally

[John W.]

On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Jan & Durl Kruse <jandurl at comcast.net>wrote:

Forward from Stone Mountain, Georgia.
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>  Cynthia McKinney has such courage...to state the truth.
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I do admire Cynthia McKinney.  But it takes relatively little courage merely
to state the truth.  Real courage is displayed by those who somehow go on
living, and living uprightly, in a world where truth is so routinely
ignored.

You may quote me.

John W.




> "Let Gaza Live"
>>> Washington, D.C.
>>> January 10, 2009
>>>
>>> We don't see the images.  They are neatly censored from our view in this
>>> country.  But everywhere else around the world the carnage that is Gaza is
>>> being seen and the people are revolted by what they see.
>>>
>>> They see dead babies, decapitated bodies, defenseless relief workers
>>> killed.  Maimed men, makeshift morgues, mortified mothers.
>>>
>>> They see exploding white phosphorus shells, cluster bombs, depleted
>>> uranium munitions.
>>>
>>> They see what is reportedly the world's fourth most powerful military
>>> using all of its power against a defenseless people.
>>>
>>> In fact, they are witnesses to 15 days of war crimes, crimes against
>>> humanity, ethnic cleansing, and genocide.
>>>
>>> They see Hugo Chavez expel Venezuela's Israeli Ambassador and they see
>>> lawmakers in Ecuador condemn Israel's actions, calling for an investigation
>>> into Israel's crimes against humanity.
>>>
>>> And despite the obvious facts of an Israeli-sponsored terror campaign
>>> against Palestinians in Gaza, a piece of territory roughly twice the size of
>>> the District of Columbia, they see the U.S. Congress support a resolution
>>> totally supporting Israel, even though Israel is in violation of U.S. and
>>> international law.
>>>
>>> They see Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, swaggering in insult to black
>>> America by initially refusing to seat Roland Burris from Illinois in the
>>> Senate, yet that same Reid cowers before the pro-Israel lobby, and they
>>> wonder why.
>>>
>>> And sadly, they see the U.S. President-elect, who roared onto the scene
>>> like a lion, remain as quiet as a lamb in the face of the utter inhumanity
>>> of Israel's actions, and they wonder why.
>>>
>>> And then, they see us.  Gathered here in front of the White House,
>>> reaffirming our own humanity.  The tears of the Palestinians roll down our
>>> cheeks, even as we bury our own victims of police murder.
>>>
>>> A new day is coming in U.S. politics.  We will use the power of our vote
>>> to change U.S. policy.  We will no longer check our values at the door and
>>> support politicians and political parties that fail to deliver.
>>>
>>> Not one more bomb to Israel.
>>>
>>> In defense of humanity, we will not give up and we will win.
>>>
>> Cynthia McKinney
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