Chicago, Obama and the Olympic Bid

Chicago lost the Olympic bid. Who cares? The media is going on about how this is a huge set back and failure for the Obama administration. Whatever. Every Olympics can't be in the States. There will be another year. Half of us didn't want the Olympics in Vancouver for 2010. Montreal's Olympics back in 1976 were a financial disaster. Most of us in Vancouver didn't want to waste billions on a freeway while they put the elderly and disabled on the street.

He did the right thing by endorsing it but lets face it, Brazil has never held the Olympics and the States has. Not to mention the chance of terrorism or even the chance of a false flag act of terrorism if it was held in the States. Not to say that we bend to terrorists because we do not. We just need some time to get over the horrific Bush administrations arrogance to heal the hate the rest of the world has for America right now.

Everyone hates terrorism. Everyone opposes killing innocent civilians. After 911 we were all for kicking Afghanistan's ass. Then all of a sudden numerous inconsistencies arose. The bin Laden video that didn't look like bin Laden. The fall of the third tower when no planes hit it. The asbestos in the twin towers the port authority were required to remove. The oil pipeline in Afghanistan and the Texan oil companies with close ties to the Taliban trying to win that contract. Not to mention the declassification of Operation Northwoods and the whole can of worms false flag operations bring.

Obama is too supportive of the Afghanistan mission. That is not to say acts of terrorism is warranted because it's not. That's the fastest way to get the world united in kicking your ass. The discrepancies bring concern. If Afghanistan did 911 then that was wrong. If the CIA aided and supported 911 as a false flag attack then rot in hell. Either way, both are wrong.

Fuck Iran

OK that about does it. No sympathy for Iran now. They blew it. Trade sanctions. Buy nothing from Iran. Canada needs to support the U.S. satellite program that intercepts missiles: www.vancouversun.com/technology/Iran+tests+long+range+missile+ahead+international+talks/2038096/story.html

Iran's Nukes

I agree that Iran's nuclear program is a threat to world security. However, it is mildly problematic. How can we say Iran is not allowed to build nuclear power plants when Canada does and sold them to Communist China? It's a bit of a double standard.

How can the Americans say Iran is not allowed to have nuclear weapons when they are the only country in the world's history who has ever used them.

I don't like the idea of Iran having nuclear power plants but it's a bit intrusive for us to say they can't have them. Especially when we sold CANDU reactors to China who in turn give that technology to other even less friendly countries.

North Korea is a different story. Them launching and testing missiles in defiance of the world while declaring their intent on building their nuclear capabilities is grounds for trade sanctions. Yet us selling reactors to South Korea makes it more problematic.
www.dominionpaper.ca/foreign_policy/2006/12/08/sanctionin.html

Iran Revisited

I find the recent protest over the elections in Iran interesting: http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/abc/home/contentposting.aspx?isfa=1&feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V3&showbyline=True&date=true&newsitemid=CTVNews%2f20090614%2firan_election_090614

Was there voter fraud or was the CIA just unhappy with the results of the election? Sometimes it’s hard to tell. In 1953 the CIA paid people to start protests and led a coo against the democratically elected leader and plant a US friendly one in his place under Operation Ajax.

http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/mideast/041600cia-timeline-pix.14.html

http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/mideast/041600iran-cia-index.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejNk7VD0ru0

Are these demonstrations history repeating itself?

Obama and Iran

Ya gotta admire Obama’s use of youtube and his attempt to reach out to Iran. Although Iran expressed a few valid concerns, Obama remains to be a breath of fresh air: http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/abc/home/contentposting.aspx?isfa=1&feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V3&showbyline=True&date=true&newsitemid=CTVNews%2f20090320%2fIran_obama_090320

Iran’s Ayatollah claims that Obama is just a continuation of the Bush administration which I also cited in Jesse Ventura’s allegory of the two party system in America to Coke and Pepsi: http://finiansworld.blogspot.com/2008/11/obama-to-send-10000-more-troops-to.html

The Ayatollah says Obama supporters talk and chant change but he doesn’t see any. However, during his speak, his supporters were chanting Death to America so it’s hard for the world to see any change on their part. It’s easy to criticize without offering anything positive in return: http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/abc/home/contentposting.aspx?isfa=1&feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V3&showbyline=True&date=true&newsitemid=CTVNews%2f20090321%2fobama_iran_090321

Nevertheless, Iran’s leader did raise some very valid concerns. In response to Obama’s desire for better relations between the two countries he cites the historical fact that the United States supported Saddam Hussein during Iran’s war with Iraq. Supporting your enemy during a war would be a historical obstacle to over come. Especially when the United States sold Iraq chemical weapons to use on Iran during that war. Kind of like how the US sold Israel White Phosphorous to use on Gaza: http://finiansworld.blogspot.com/2009/01/israels-mistakes-in-gaza.html

Iran also cited the United States downing of an Iranian airliner over the Persian Gulf in 1988. The US shot down an Iranian civilian airliner en route to Dubai while in Iranian territory:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655

That is another valid concern. Although the US paid a settlement in an International Court, the US did not admit responsibility or apologize to the Iranian government. Admitting responsibility and apologizing would be another small step forward. However, I do think that it is realistic that the overzealous, shoot everything that moves US military did make a mistake in shooting down the airliner. I don’t think they would have done it on purpose. It would make more sense to shoot down their own or another country’s airliner and blame it on Iran to gain public support for invading Iran.

Invading Iran is the other issue on the table. The US and the CIA were quite active in meddling with Iran’s political history including their support of the Shaw and the establishment of an America friendly government: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejNk7VD0ru0

The US needs to stop meddling in the political aspirations of other countries. Although I do have concerns with an Islamic State just as I have concerns with a Jewish or Christian State, they do have a right to exist. Their passionate resolve to destroy Zionism is a valid concern, which I will address separately. Israel, like Iran has a right to exist.

Iran complained that the US keeps saying Iran supports terrorism and is seeking nuclear capabilities and denies that to be true. If that is false, then Iran has a right to be concerned with those allegations. Especially when those allegations are being used as a pretext for invasion. I’m sure some in Iran support terrorism. Especially when they chant Death to America. Some in Canada support terrorism although they are clearly in the minority. The Ayatollah publicly condemning terrorism is a step forward. Let’s hope that too is real and not just lip service.

If Iran was seeking nuclear capabilities to use against Israel that would be a valid concern. However, after MI6 was caught planting false information in the media about Iraq’s WMD in Operation Mass Appeal, it is hard for us to know who to believe and the US is the last country on earth to criticize another country for becoming nuclear capable. Historically the United States is the only country that has actually used nuclear weapons on another country. Civilians at that.

Although I do see Iran’s list of grievances as having some merit, I do see Obama as a clear step forward. Obama closed Guatemala bay. That was a proactive change he introduced. The bailout was following the Bush Administration’s lead but taxing the AIG executive bonuses was a step forward. Making Blackwater, the US privatized military accountable for war crimes was another clear step forward. Especially when McCain’s irreverent response was simply Bomb Iran.

The concern I have with the Obama administration is their failure to address the historical reality of false flag operations like Operation Northwoods and Operation Gladio. Zealously pursuing Bin Laden without a fair trial is wrong especially when the Bin Laden video did not look like Bin Laden and the list of 9/11 discrepancies is long and real. Before they zealously pursue the Taliban for giving the oil pipeline contract to an Argentina firm instead of an American firm, they need to address the 9/11 inconsistencies and the historical reality of CIA false flag operations. That however, might well be wishful thinking.

These are the best of times, they are the worst of times

As Charles Dickens once said these are the best of times, they are the worst of times. I am thrilled to see the changing of the guard for the protector of the United States constitution. One task that George Bush failed miserably at. I think Michael Moore said it well when he said George Bush’s last official duty should be offering himself a pardon for all the crimes he committed while in office.

I don’t want to rain on the parade. I’m thrilled with Obama’s inauguration and am filled with hope for a better day. Yet I remain overcome with sadness. Sadness for all the crimes committed that have been glossed over, denied, lied about and hidden. Sadness for all the death and murder that resulted in perpetuating those lies and sadness for them all to be swept under the carpet as Obama does the noble thing and reaches out to his political opponents. Indeed he is a better man than I am.

It was wonderful to see the masses attend the inauguration in Washington at the very spot Martin Luther King spoke at so many years ago. Oh happy day. Yet for me the sadness lingers. True Obama is speaking to a divided America but as he said not as divided as they were coming out of the civil war. Who on earth would want to reach out to someone who fought a war for the right to keep slaves?

Then there’s the story of a young man whose father never votes in elections and said he is going to make sure he votes in this election because he doesn’t want a black man to become president. That is so archaic it is embarrassing. The only way to stop a man like that is with the bullet or the ballot. The civil war stopped him with the bullet and today the ballot has risen supreme and stopped that kind of shameful insanity.

I like the commercial about hope: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BncNpB6IZ9I

Obama’s message was about choosing hope over fear:

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=6-zjho9SPgA

As my grief continues let’s look at some of the crimes committed that Michael Moore talked about. Election fraud. Excessive privatization resulting in excessive corruption in the privatized prisons, privatized military (Blackwater) and privatized Energy (Enron). Vetoing a bill stopping CIA torture. The long list of False Flag documentation within the CIA. Operation Northwoods. Operation Gladio. Those atrocities were history and should be remembered just as the holocaust is.

Then there was 9/11. We need to reopen 9/11. Extending the hand of fellowship to known murders is not the answer. A plane did not cause the thermite cuts in the load bearing beams of the twin towers. My sadness is for the atrocities that have been committed and are being glossed over in the name of peace at any price. The CIA is inherently corrupt. The death of Garry Webb and Danny Casolaro has not changed that. The CIA is a secret society whose purpose is murder to get gain.

http://video.google.ca/videosearch?hl=en&q=reopen+9/11&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa#

Wyclef in Haiti

Wyclef was on 60 minutes last night as well. He was from the Fugees. Sang a remix of Bob Marley’s Woman no cry and everybody wants to be a cowboy. Wyclef is from Haiti just like the Canadian Governor General: http://www.gg.ca/gg/index_e.asp

Wyclef seems to be the real thing. Despite his fame and fortune he keeps going back to Haiti and helping the people there. He’s started up a nonprofit organization to help promote sports and education of the youth as well as provide hurricane relief. Wyclef has the right idea.

http://www.yele.org/

Israel uses White Phosphorous on Gaza

Dude, I saw these shells being used at night in Gaza on the Israel Defense Force web site: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5447590.ece
I was wondering what kind of shell exploded like fireworks. It appears that they are white phosphorous. Not good: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5470047.ece

"In the border village of Khouza, local witnesses said Israeli forces fired phosphorous shells at a row of houses, setting them on fire. One woman died and at least 100 others were injured in that attack, health officials said. The Israeli military denied the attack took place. "

http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/abc/home/contentposting.aspx?isfa=1&feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V3&showbyline=True&date=true&newsitemid=CTVNews%2f20090111%2fisrael_gaza_090111

This is why we need foreign observers to determine who is lying. On this issue it clearly appears that Israel is lying. That does not make terrorism right or Hamas’ campaign to start shit as soon as Israel pulled out of Gaza right but it does mean that the use of white phosphorous on civilians should stop.

Israel’s Mistakes in Gaza

As I’ve said, it is my opinion that the world should unite against Hamas and any terrorist organization whose sole intent is to commit genocide by wiping any group of people off the face of the earth: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45627 Nevertheless, I have also said that Israel has a tendency of getting carried away and I will cite what I see as several mistakes Israel has made the Gaza 2009 conflict.

Media ban. I can understand how they don’t want the media to get in the way of a military action. The media can be injured as well as release Intel before it should be released from a strategic war perspective.

However, censorship of the media during any war is also a concern for the people who want to know what is going on behind closed doors. Both sides are capable of lying in this dispute. It was very helpful to have the media show pictures of crazy woman running to were a bomb warning was given to die for the cause and pretend to be an innocent martyr. That was just plain deranged. It is also helpful to have the media there to find out if Israel is getting carried away.

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The use of white phosphorous: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5470047.ece

Allegations have been made that Israel has been using shells with white phosphorous on civilians, which causes serious burns. Israel denies this but medical reports have come in of victims with strange burns. It has been proposed that Israel has been using the phosphorous as a smoke screen not on civilians. Having the media there could confirm those reports.

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However, the photo above clearly shows blue shells marked M825A1, an American made white phosphorous ammunition. Is that what the Americans sold Sadam to use on Iran and then hang him for using? Couldn’t be.

Killing UN drivers:

http://www.theprovince.com/news/Canadians+Gaza/1157777/story.html

Come on now that is outrageous. I know the Americans are known for friendly fire during war because they simply like to blow shit up, but this is not the first time Israel has hit UN. Remember the Canadian at a peacekeeping post on the border in Lebanon? We expect better from Israel.

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Three schools have been hit with Israeli shells. Israel claims that Hamas was firing from one of the schools, which is entirely likely. These wackos will use children as human shields to protect themselves but also to increase civilian deaths and somehow blame that on Israel.

In any good guy versus bad guy drama, when the good guy chases the bad guy, the bad guy always grabs a woman or child as a hostage and says stop or I’ll shoot. The good guy then hesitates and waits for his opportunity to take out the bad guy while saving the hostage at the same time. The good guy doesn’t say oh yeah and then shoot the bad guy and the hostage. It just doesn’t work that way.

If the bad guy runs into a school full of children the good guy doesn’t blow the whole school up and say well we got the bad guy and it certainly doesn’t blow up three schools and say well we did get the bad guy hiding out in one of the schools. That is outrageous. Not to excuse the bad guy at all. I’m just saying that Israel needs to demonstrate a little compassion for all human life. Oh is that the impossible dream? My bad. Watch out for the next famine. Go go go Joseph. (Jacob had more than one child as well) Even Joseph and Judah used to fight with each other. Cheers.

The War in Gaza

Like I said there has been many new developments and lots to comment on. The first is the obvious. Hamas were firing rockets into Israel from Gaza non stop. Israel asked them to stop and they did not. Israel warned them if they didn’t stop they would kick their ass and they did not stop. Playing the victim after that is somewhat pathetic.

However, like I said, Israel has a history of getting carried away and we are beginning to see the same pattern repeat itself. The Province ran a heart wrenching article about a father who lost his sons during the recent Israeli shelling in Gaza. First I must genuinely say I am truly sorry for his loss. No words can describe the grief or replace that loss. Nevertheless, in his sorrow I would ask him and all the Palestinians to open their eyes and see the same thing from the other side.

Losing a child is a horrible thing. Losing a child in an act of war is heart wrenching. Yet I would ask of him the same thing I would ask of the Hamas who have been firing rockets into Israel indiscriminately for so long. If you realize losing a child is such a horrible thing, why would you fire rockets at Israel trying to make them feel that sorrow? All human life has value whether they be Muslim, Jew, Christian, Buddhist or Atheist and Allah has declared thou shalt not kill.

You cannot throw rocks at a lion every day and then play the victim when the lion turns around and eats your family. You were the one throwing rocks at a lion and Judah is a lion’s whelp. Now I am in no way condoning civilian deaths in times of war. I abhor it. Even though it is historically common. Germany bombed London civilians on a regular basis during the war. That is why everyone hid in the underground during air raids. The Americans nuked two Japanese cities of civilians. That was outrageous.

Personally I think intentionally targeting civilians during war is horrible. My concept of war is two armies going head to head on the battle field. Unfortunately that is rarely the case. Nevertheless, crying because Hamas is fighting with "home made rockets" while Israel is fighting with tanks and planes is ridiculous. Why were you firing home made rockets at the tanks and planes? Israel was pulling out and giving you more autonomy.

If Hamas refuses to stop firing rockets at Israel, Israel has a right to drive them back and create a buffer zone to push them out of range. However, Gaza being so small makes that task problematic. The obvious solution is stop firing rockets.

Lebanon steps up the plate and fires rockets at Israel. I see that as a support for Gaza not an instigation of violence. However, in so doing they must face the consequences and be ready for an Israeli counter attack. Firing rockets at Israel during a war is an act of war. Mind you it’s nice to see Lebanon fire rockets at someone else for a change. Usually they are firing them at each other. The Lebanese Muslims seem to have a problem with the democratic will of the Lebanese Christians and visa versa.

Now Israel claims it is bombing tunnels the Hamas use to smuggle in rockets from Egypt. Well that’s fair enough. Bombing tunnels terrorists use to smuggle weapons is fare game. However, Israel has made in my opinion three mistakes and I will address those next.

However, since Hamas does not want autonomy, it only wants to destroy Israel: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45627

Perhaps the world should unite against Hamas and stop them from firing rockets so peace can exist.

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Israeli ground troops enter Gaza

Before I dive in and make the post about the good and bad side of Israel I’m going to comment on today’s news of Israeli troops entering Gaza: http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/abc/home/contentposting.aspx?isfa=1&feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V3&showbyline=True&date=true&newsitemid=CTVNews%2f20090103%2fisrael_gaza_090103

Israel pulled out of Gaza in an attempt to let Gaza have more autonomy. When it did that Hamas stepped up it’s campaign to continuously send rockets into Israel indiscriminately. True there were not a high number of casualties from the rocket attacks because their aim sucked. They would just fire them into civilian areas randomly. This created a continual sense of chaos and fear for Israelis in southern Israel because they would have to idea when or where a rocket would hit next. I’ve discussed the build up and the air strikes. Today the troops move in.

"According to Israeli defense officials, 10,000 troops had gathered at the edge of Gaza, including tanks and special operations units.

‘We will do all that is necessary to provide a different reality for southern Israel, which has been under constant attacks for the past eight years,’ Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told Channel 2 TV.

According to CTV News correspondent Janis Mackey Frayer, the troops have entered the northern part of Gaza, backed by tanks and combat helicopters. She said they may attempt to secure an area along the border that is a known hotspot from which militants fire rockets.

‘The buffer zone between Israel and Gaza at the border has been widened on the Gaza side,’ Mackey Frayer told Newsnet. ‘Every time the army has made it a little bit wider to push back the potential for these rocket squads to be able to fire rockets. So what they're going to try to do is contain at least part of this area.’

She added that ‘the Israeli political establishment has been very clear in saying that they do not want to reoccupy the Gaza Strip’."

So there you have it. It cannot be any more simple than that. They are creating a buffer zone. Since Hamas refuses to stop launching rockets at them they are pushing them back out of range so that their rockets will not be able to hit them. There is nothing more simple and straight forward than that.

Don’t worry. I’m going to discuss Israel’s dark side next. Every person and every country has good and bad. I do not agree with everything Israel does. It’s just that this time the situation cannot be any clearer. On this occasion, I agree with them.

New Year’s Eve in Paris

http://www.france24.com/en/20090101-almost-450-cars-torched-new-years-eve-france-paris-police-crime-security
Well Paris maintained their tradition of burning cars on New Year’s eve. In fact the totals were up 30% from last year. Last year they torched 878 on New Years eve and this year they torched over a thousand. If that is not deranged, I don’t know what is. Obviously it’s not everyone who does it. Just a group of empowered thugs with no regard for anyone else. Lawlessness is nothing to brag about.

The Gaza Offensive

http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/abc/home/contentposting.aspx?isfa=1&feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V3&showbyline=True&date=true&newsitemid=CTVNews%2f20081230%2fgaza_day5_081231

Talk about a mess. OK Hamas fires rockets into Israel from Gaza and won’t stop. Israel says stop or we’ll kick your ass. They continue. So Israel launches an air strike on Hamas targets in Gaza. So what does Hamas do? They keep firing rockets at civilians and keep playing the victim. That is bullshit.

I will agree that both Israel and the United States tend to over react. Take Pearl Harbor for example. Japan hits a military target and the US responds by nuking two cities of civilians. That was wacked. Especially when you realize that the oil embargo the US placed Japan under forced them to do something to stop the oil embargo. Then there’s the whole drama about how the US knew about the attack before it happened, left the old ships in the harbour while the new ships were out to sea during the attack. But we won’t get into that now. Much.

My point is that I will admit Israel and the United States tend to over react. You kill one of ours we kill a hundred of yours. That’s fair so they say. Then there’s the torture issue. I have no doubt that Israel will torture prisoners who are known terrorists to get information to save lives. I disagree with that practice. The US uses that argument to torture innocent people to get fake confessions for their false flag attacks to justify their oil wars. I really disagree with that.

I will agree that there are Jewish extremists just like there are Muslim extremists, born again Christian extremists and even Atheist extremists. The problem isn’t religion. The problem is self-determination and murder.

Let’s compare Gaza to Ireland. England conquered and oppressed Ireland and the Irish people objected. The Easter Rising was the height of the rebellion, which eventually paved the way for the creation of the free state. Before Ireland became a republic England let them form a free state as a stepping stone to becoming an independent republic.

Now let’s compare that to Gaza. Gaza is conquered by England and England gives the land to Israel so they can have a home of their own. Gaza objects. Israel pulls out and starts giving them more autonomy. So what do they do? They say we want more and start shooting rockets at Israeli citizens. If the Irish Free State started shooting rockets at England when given their new independence there is no way England would have let them form a republic.

Northern Ireland is problematic. 51% of the people there want to remain part of England. 49% do not. Compare that to Israel. The Jewish people living in Palestine want to be independent. If Gaza had their way they would be the oppressors and we would be in the same boat.

Palestinians have a right to live in Palestine. Jews have a right to live there as well. So do Armenians and Christians. Wiping one group off the face of the earth is just plain wrong. It’s that simple. And murdering innocent civilians in acts of terrorism is murder.

In Ireland the IRA would hit military targets. When they targeted civilians they lost public support. The bottom line is that Gaza needs to stop starting shit and then play the victim. It’s just plain pathetic and defies the public peace.

The thing I can’t figure out is if Israel sends in air strikes how and the hell can Hamas keep firing rockets? Gaza is pretty small. About the size of Vancouver Island only very densely populated. You’d think with all high tech equipment and spy satellites out there Israel would be able to blow up each new location Hamas fired rockets from. The problem arises when they fire rockets from civilian areas and then cry the victim about civilian casualties when Israel strikes where they were firing the rockets from. In essence they are using their own people as human shields. That is shameful. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6166998.stm

Blogfather arrested in Iran

http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/abc/home/contentposting.aspx?isfa=1&feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V3&showbyline=True&date=true&newsitemid=CTVNews%2f20081230%2fHossein_Derakhshan_081230

Well this is pretty typical. This Iranian guy named Hossein Derakhshan starts bloging way back when and teaches his fellow citizens how to blog in Persian. He inspired an estimated 70,000 Iranians to create their own blogs. Something the Iranian government doesn’t like much. Kinda like China where free speech does not exist.

This is his blog: http://hoder.com/ Although he spoke out against Internet censorship in Iran he opposed foreign intervention. His criticisms of censorship were in no way a plea for US invasion. He is a Muslim and supports a democratic Islamic republic: http://stop.censoring.us/

The Blogfather was a journalist that spoke out on political issues. He certainly wasn’t pro US but he did at times disagree with some things the current Iranian government did. That was his crime. He asserted his right to free speech. Now he is in jail.

Since Terran has a street named after Bobby Sands does that mean they are gonna name the Blogfather’s cell H Block? Naming a street in Terran after Bobby Sands is somewhat ironic. Iran is far worse then England when it comes to censorship and oppression.

I will comment on a link in his last post. I can’t read it because it’s in Persian but a link on his post goes to spinwatch which is a very interesting web site exposing spin doctor propaganda:
http://www.spinwatch.org/

The thing with the news about the Blogfather's arrest is that it simply confirms suspicions. His last post was October 6 2008 then it abruptly stops and everyone thinks he was arrested. Well today is December 30 2008 and all of a sudden Iran admits that they arrested him. Talk about an oppressive government. Communist China, Nazi Germany or Stalin’s Russia. The parallels are disheartening.

Not to say that there is anything wrong with Iranian culture, not at all. It’s just the backward bullshit oppression from the removal of free speech and human rights. Talk about being denied a fair trial. They didn’t even admit they arrested him for almost three months. Pathetic. It certainly does nothing for their cause. Makes the government look pretty oppressive to the rest of the world so it does.

Not that we’re far behind. It just shows how real the fight for free speech and human rights is and how real the threat is of those rights being taken away from us in our day. Isn’t that right Moya?

Looks like his real crime is that he supported the other candidate for presidency of Iran in the last election. So much for democracy:

Israel Strikes Back

http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/abc/home/contentposting.aspx?isfa=1&feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V3&showbyline=True&date=true&newsitemid=CTVNews%2f20081227%2fgaza_airstrikes_081227

Israel strikes back after Hamas continues to launch rockets into Israel on Christmas eve and Hamas has the audacity to play the victim. The Israeli air strike was launched at 4:30 AM yet Hamas claims some of the air strikes were in areas where children had left school. Going to school at 4:30 AM?

"The Gaza Strip is one of the most densely-populated places on the plant." That is where they are firing the rockets from. They are firing rockets from densely populated areas into civilian areas. Israel strikes back and somehow they are the bad guys? Get real.

I certainly don’t agree with everything Israel does but stop the bullsh*t. Terrorism is wrong. Stop playing the victim. Don’t fire rockets from civilian areas into civilian areas. The more concessions Israel make the more are demanded of her.

Murderers from Gaza

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/25/world/middleeast/25mideast.html

Gaza continues to launch rockets into Israel Christmas Eve. That is murder. Nothing more nothing less. There is nothing holy about it. I will be the first person to admit the Palestinian situation is very problematic. How can we criticize Israel for building a wall to defend itself? Israel wants and deserves a home. So do the Palestinians. Murdering civilians is wrong. Creating a Jewish state is problematic. Basically it's a mess but history has demonstrated the more concessions Israel makes, the more are demanded of her.