Greens side with Hamas
December 30, 2008Why am I not surprised? Via IPR:
The Green Party of the United States calls for an immediate end to Israel’s bombing attacks on Gaza, which in the past four days has already caused at least 364 deaths, including Palestinian women and children, with hundreds more wounded. “It’s clear that President Bush gave a green light for Israel’s massive and disproportionate display of force. The Green Party demands that the US seek a bilateral ceasefire, with immediate pressure on Israel to stop the bombardment and end the occupation,” said Rosa Clemente, the Green Party’s 2008 candidate for Vice President of the United States.
No word from the Green Party on their position on the rockets that Hamas was lobbing into Israel.
Tags: Green Party, Hamas, Israel
January 1st, 2009 at 7:53 am
I wouldn’t call that siding with Hamas, Billy. A lot of people, including myself, are uncomfortable with military air strikes in one of the most densely populated places on Earth. No matter how smart or accurate your bombs may be, the civilian casualties will be enormous … and have been.
In the long run, this tactic won’t work and actually goes completely against the interests of Israel. It just perpetuates the cycle of hatred and violence and alienates Israeli Arabs, the fastest growing demographic within Israel (set to overtake the Israeli Jewish population by 2050).
Unless they carry out a campaign of utter genocide, there is no way for Israel to kill all the bad guys. These operations just radicalize more Palestinian youth to the cause of destroying Israel.
It didn’t work for Al Qaeda. It didn’t work for the Taliban. It didn’t work for Hezbollah. It’s not going to work for Hamas. How much historical failure do you need to see that these tactics don’t work???
Part of the genius and success of General David Petraeus was that he kept these sorts of airstrikes to an absolute minimum in Iraq. He saw how they were working against our interests. Do you think Petraeus was “siding with Al Qaeda”???