January 13, 2009
Hand Revealed
The atrocities taking place this very moment in Gaza serve, once again, to illustrate the horrible impact of trauma on the human psyche. It isn't unusual for a trauma victim to become a perpetrator. The phenomenon is known as "identification with the aggressor". Consider the sex scandal in the Catholic Church where abusing priests had themselves been sexulally molested as children, probably by priests.
Israel is a country full of victims turned perpetrator, and Palestine is rapidly becoming one. The United States stands by passively, like a mother who doesn't stop a partner's abuse of her children. Maintaining neutrality under those circumstances is complicity. Oh Dakota, you do go on.
Press propaganda in the USofA would have us believe that Hamas broke the recent ceasefire, thus bringing this catastrophe down upon themselves. Belatedly, both CNN and Israel admitted that Israel broke the ceasefire, blowing it up on November 4, a day when the good citizens of this country were gripped by their own election. Since then Israel has been busy doing maximum damage to Gaza lest Obama change existing policy (heaven forfend). As Bill Moyers put it:
America has officially chosen sides. We supply Israel with money, F-16s, winks and tacit signals. Our Christian right links arms with the religious extremists there who claim divine sanctions for Israel's occupation of the West Bank. Our political elites show neither independence nor courage by challenging the consensus that Israel can do no wrong. Although one recent poll found Democratic voters overwhelmingly oppose the Israeli offensive by a 24-point margin, Democratic Party leaders in Congress nonetheless march in lockstep to the hardliners in Israel and the White House. Rarely does our mainstream media depart from the monotonous monologue of the party line. Many American Jews know, as Aaron David Miller writes in the current "Newsweek", that the destruction in Gaza won't do much to address Israel's longer-term needs.But those who raise questions are accused by a prominent reform rabbi of being "morally deficient." One Jewish American activist told me this week that never in 30 years has he seen such blind and binding conformity in his community. "You'd never know," he said, "that it is the Gazans who are doing most of the suffering."
Ready for another shock? After taking her own sweet time, our gal Condi finally mobilized herself last Friday and helped to draft a UN ceasefire resolution. Just as she was about to sign her own resolution, The Decider forbade her. Condi was embarrassed. It's about damn time.
Just how did the Decider decide not to support the resolution? Pay attention, the plot thickens. When Olmert heard about Condi's UN resolution, he picked up the phone, , insisting W. be pulled from the podium mid a delusional elegy of No Child Left Behind in Philly to answer. Olmert then told W. to stop Condi from signing the resolution. When Olmert snapped his fingers, Bush stopped Condi. Unfortunately Olmert bragged about it to the press, causing a bit of a flap.
The Jewish Forward quotes Douglas Bloomfield:
This reinforces the perception that the Israeli prime minister and Israeli leaders have easy access to the leaders of the U.S.,” Bloomfield said. “It is a fact that the Israeli prime minister can get the president on the phone. Not every prime minister in the world can do that. It is no secret that Israel tried to influence the U.S. regarding U.N. votes. It reinforces what the rivals of Israel say about the enormous clout Israel has in Washington, and I see nothing wrong with that.”But Bloomfield added, “It is a mistake to talk about it.”
Heaven forfend that the the American public suspect undue influence on Israel's part.
This leaves all of us here at Dakota wondering why Olmert has so much power over Bush. After much contemplation, we have begun to suspect that the Mossad has possession of Bush's missing Air National Guard records and/or those compromising photos with Victor Ashe. Bad legacy and all that.
Actually the Mossad probably has something on almost everyone in Congress. Bet the CIA outsourced wiretapping to them, and they listened.
Photo note: Hand under table revealed - a metaphotophoto - you are lefton your own to determine the greater significance of those two green fingertips.
ADDENDUM: Not thoroughly disgusted ? Need a more background, a visual of the shrinking map of Palestine., or a map of Israel as the right wing would like to see it. ( a little Syria, a little Iran, a little Iraq, you know)
ADDENDUM 2: Ready for another shocker? Guess the real reason that Clinton pardoned Marc Rich. Rich was an "asset" of the Mossad, and Israel lobbied for his pardon. Eric Holder ate crow for approving it yesterday in his confirmation hearing.