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| But None Ever Cried for Me... |
| 2005-07-12 |
| Opinion piece but worth the read. Very good points that often gets missed... Hat tip LGF. EFL ... And I listened raptly to the expanding stream of political dignitaries who condemned such acts of murder and the spilling of innocent blood. I listened to President George Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair. I followed the sad yet determined consternation voiced by Jacques Chirac of France and Koffi Anan of the United Nations. Pope Benedict, Governor Pataki, Zapatero of Spain and Russia's Vladimir Putin. They spoke angrily and vowed to pursue, capture or eliminate the perpetrators. Eloquence and passionate determination, reaffirming the world's commitment to eradicate the scourge of terrorism against innocent civilians, was voiced by all without exception. By all! It was then that I began to shiver. I shivered not from the cold wind in July, but rather from the sudden realization that I and they are not chess pieces in the same game. The shiver rose from within, from the deep recesses of my heart. Sudden realization? No. It was a shiver brought on not by realization, but of affirmation. In the words spoken by these politicians I hear affirmation that my child's blood, a Jewish child's blood, is of a different color. I shivered as I heard London's mayor, Livingstone, lamented that this was "mass murder... by terrorists bent on indiscriminate... slaughter... aimed at ordinary working-class Londoners...." and an ugly thought entered my mind. What of the slaughter of my children, 'ordinary, working-class' brothers and sisters in Haifa and Jerusalem, Ashdod and Ashkelon? What about my working-class Jewish fellow citizens whose simple wants and needs are the same as those in London? Where is the determination to eradicate the vermin who have turned Israeli streets into infernos as they blow up buses, restaurants and malls? Do those murdering and maiming my children deserve a state of their own from which they can peacefully continue to bathe my country in blood? Why are the snakes in London to be pursued and eradicated, while those who have killed young Jewish mothers, Jewish infants and the unborn are to be rewarded and feted as heroes in every corner of every continent in the universe? I shook spasmodically, the shiver rattled my teeth, as I heard President Bush, my president, vow to "find them... bring them to justice...." Bring whom to justice, I thought loudly? I'm sure he wasn't referring to those same Palestinian murderers who indiscriminately murder Israelis and whose incarceration is cut short by American demands that Israel set them free. I'm sure President Bush wasn't referring to the PLO hoodlums who have been so conveniently and magically re-incarnated in the form of newly-appointed Palestinian Authority 'policemen'. And I'm sure that the president's words of defiance weren't directed at Yasser Arafat's henchman, otherwise known as Abu Mazen. But then the shiver receded, and in its place, I felt total disappointment and anger sweep over me. There, on the screen, stood Russia's Vladimir Putin. In a no-nonsense tone of voice, the Russian Bear spoke of the need for a "united response" to such acts of terror. Said Mr. Putin, through an interpreter: "Wherever such inhuman crimes occur -- in London, in New York or in Moscow -- we must unconditionally condemn them and unite all civilized countries in the struggle against international terrorism." London? New York? Moscow? I waited to hear Haifa. And Jerusalem. And Afula. And Netanya. What Mr. Putin said was correct. What he urged was appropriate. The cities he named have suffered greatly at the hands of Muhammad's followers. These cities and others have seen the gory results of Islam's fanaticism. I waited for the Russian weasel to bring his lips to acknowledge those cities and many others in Israel as the epicenters of Islam's global assault on decency. I waited and expected his outrage at the despicable murder in London and New York and Moscow to continue a minute or two further so that I may know that, finally, perhaps, the world will be prompted to avenge my child's blood, too. I waited for Mr. Putin to "unconditionally condemn" the barbaric acts committed against my parents, my loved ones. I waited... and waited. And then he was gone. I cried for the children in England and for the children in Russia. And I cried along with those in Spain. I cried for them all. But none ever cried for me. |
| Posted by:CrazyFool |
| #4 think things might be different if the next time a Nazi regime arises, they come first for the journalists...ohhh, I forgot, Ashkkkroft and Gonzalez already are... What a self-absorbed pack of assholes |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-07-12 22:25 |
| #3 CrazyFool: Balance? None. Just madness. I am more and more inclined to conclude that these people (MSM, LLL) have some serious mental deficiency.A fully matured human being is supposed to have both rational and emotional sides of psyche developed. In their case, the ratio seems to be gone. Entirely. It's like you talk to them martian. |
| Posted by: Sobiesky 2005-07-12 21:00 |
| #2 Most people would care - if they knew about it but the MSM simply refuses to cover the Israeli victims of suicide bombers outside of a 'scorecard' (the Palistinians scored 8 points(!) with a suiclde bombing today in Israel...) Compare the coverage the MSM dedicated to the 'alledged' desecration of a book with their coverage of murdered jews. For example: last year a 8 month pregnant jewish woman and her 3 (under 10 YO) old daughters were killed in cold blood in Israel (crime? Being Jewish....) - The MSM totally ignored it outside of Israel. I dont think hardly anyone outside of Israel or Rantburg (and a few other blogs) even heard about it. A Koran is 'alledged' to have been dropped on the floor in GITMO - the MSM covers it extensively for weeks-on-end. Rants and Raves and calls it an 'OUTRAGE!'. Balance? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-07-12 19:37 |
| #1 It's important to remember that despite the fact that the media never cries for spilled Jewish blood, that most people do. It's all marketing - a message repeated over 30 years through leftist channels - NPR, BBC, and the large dailys. The lie repeated and repeated that somehow that Israel is responsible for the Palestinians. It was repeated so often it became true. For too many on the left, the killing of the Isaelis is an abstract. They cry for the people, but the lie is so ingrained that can't make the connection as they discuss the abstract. It's strange, but these same people get offended if you say that they don't care about Jewish children. They just think they are being fair. Most people do care - no matter what they say on NPR, BBC or in the NYT. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-07-12 18:26 |