Gaza

The massacre in Gaza has entered its 4th day as Israeli Occupation Forces continue to bombard the Gaza Strip. 400 Palestinians have been killed as well as four Israelis. Obama, who has been very vocal on the economy and the Mumbai terrorist attacks has been unusually silent. Obama now hides behind President Bush as his rhetoric closely mirrors Bush's. They both blame Hamas as the sole party responsible and talk on and on about Israel's right to self defense but never a word about any Palestinian right to self defense. So one has to wonder if anything is really going to change. Obama use to talk about speaking to our enemies as well as our friends yet will not engage with Hamas. If this is the case, what can he possible hope to achieve in negotiating with Iran? How then can he be any different from Bush with Iraq? If he remains tied up in Iraq, what can he do in Afghanistan? And if he will not break with Bush on foreign policy, why should we expect him to break with Bush domestically? After everything we have done to ourselves and the rest of the world, we did not get the change we need but the change we deserve and the Palestinians are paying the price. Maybe this time so many will die that the world must wake up but I hope it doesn't come to that. Many who supported him are finally waking up to Obama's hypocrisy and are trying to call him on it. I suspect they will be disappointed.

Walkout...

No wonder why we can't solve the crisis in Gaza. Still this is the typical Western response as Gaza starves: Just walk away. I don't agree with the Libyan ambassador's comparison to the Holocaust because this has become a different situation in and of itself given the length it has continued for. That being said it's just deplorable that the West would allow people to starve because it doesn't agree with the language used in the discussion of the situation. Have we really compromised so much on our humanity? It seems the West will only discuss this situation only if blame for this situation is placed on the victims. It's truly an embarrassing time to be an American.

Good God, Sderot awareness...

While the situation in Gaza is the worst since 1967, this video about a benefit concert from LA caught my attention. What I'm still trying to understand is Larry Miller saying "I've been to dodger's stadium and I've been to San Monica and that's how wide Israel is and that's why I'm here." WTF!?!?!? Not because of attacks on either side but because of how wide a place is. I see troubled times ahead as this country enters a new age of slim fast diplomacy. The solutions for Gaza: Starve more until you lose enough weight and then Larry Miller will attend a benefit concert for you. Yum.

It was also interesting that teenagers from Sderot were flown over to highlight the suffering and give them a break because that's not available to teenagers from Gaza. Oh yea and FYI to McCain, if your going to talk about a place, know how to pronounce it. I can only imagine Huckabee speaking at this event. One final note, the clip mentions that the organizers hope to raise awareness about the situation, but what do they propose as a solution? To bomb Gaza more or make a truce with Hamas?