McNamara's Evil Lives On
Whatever his better nature, it was the stark evil he perpetrated as secretary of defense that must indelibly frame our memory of him.
Whatever his better nature, it was the stark evil he perpetrated as secretary of defense that must indelibly frame our memory of him.
We know our decision won't get us too many friends in Israel, even among progressives. But we have to do what seems right to us, and hope the message gets through.
Too often, the United Nations does not enforce the rights that have been agreed upon by member nations.
Recent events and an ignored report by the independent United Nations' Special Rappateur predicted the current escalation, but no one in American media appears to be listening.
I would guess that in the past year, there were more regime-change-in-Iran plots floated by members of the intelligence community than there are Iranians.
Former Special Envoy to Sudan, Andrew Natsios, criticizing Obama's approach to Sudan, is akin to Rumsfeld coming out of retirement complaining that the administration is handling Iraq poorly.
Darfuris, who named babies after Obama and waited hopefully for him to take office, feel understandably abandoned.
We can all feel relieved there is an official acknowledgment that something terrible was done to black people. Yet the reality is way too much time has passed for this apology to really mean anything.
Just the other day I asked my 15-year-old son if he'd like to visit the National Holocaust Museum. We were thinking of going today or tomorrow.
Ken Saro-Wiwa's family and others just won a landmark settlement in U.S. federal court, ending a 13-year battle with Shell Oil. Alberto Pizango's ordeal is just beginning.
The U.S. government, not just a handful of evil Southern planters, encoded slavery in the Constitution, and protected and nourished it for a century. The government should apologize.
Today, Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel joined Barack Obama at Buchenwald, one of Nazi Germany's worst concentration camps, but he worried that "the world hasn't learned" from the tragedy.
After statehood was lost, Armenians turned to their genocide playbook exploiting Christian bigotries and contempt for Ottoman Muslims.
Listening to Obama's Cairo speech has made me wonder: has the "Holocaust"-- while essential to remember and to honor -- become a hurdle on the road to peace rather than a signpost?
German scholar Corry Guttstadt exposes the oft-repeated lie that Turkey provided a safe haven to many European Jews during the Holocaust.
Remember that we Jews have learned the hard way that unthinkable evil can quickly become a reality; that those who call for Israel's destruction have to be taken seriously.
Coming to Cannes is usually a no-brainer. But for film-maker Anne Aghion, accepting an invitation to bring her documentary My Neighbor, My Killer was a genuine risk.
Why I did not remain a Holocaust revisionist was, quite simply, because I circumvented the "truth" mediators: I learned some English.
I could not help but make a mental comparison between the remorseful way the German Federal Republic has reacted to the Holocaust and the Turkish government's incessant denials, lies and distortions of the Armenian Genocide.
This continuum of massacres, genocide and deportations highlights the existence of a long-term strategy implemented by successive Turkish regimes from the 1890's to more recent times.
The U.N. will undermine its already limited credibility with frustrated Congolese civilians if this offensive against the FDLR goes ahead as planned.
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Obama don"t have the MORAL AUTHORITY to say "those who insist that the Holocaust never happened -- a denial of fact and truth that is baseless and ignorant and hateful", for Obama has endorsed Israel"s war crime and massacres of Palestinian civilian including young children by rounding them up out of a safe-house and executing them, without even mentioning the Israeli use of an illegal chemical weapons such as DIME and phosphorus against Palestinian civilians including elderly and infants.
I'm not sure I've ever seen anything like Elie Weisel's speech at Buchenwald. Tremendously moving.
Money quote: "All war is absurd."
Pretty much sums it up right there.
Curious as to WHY Obama didn't ask the PA president, Mahmood Abbas-a holocaust denier who, in FACT, wrote his thesis on Holocaust Denial-to come to this concentration camp??? Afterall...Abbas is no less a Holocaust denier than the Iranian president Obama called out about seeing the truth for himself !! What makes Abbas' transgression WORSE is that he is the so-called "moderate" leader the Israelis are supposed to make peace with!! Why is Obama giving this guy cover???
It took 6 million lives before the world responded. How many lives does it take before you can say we can't allow this to happen. Its things like this why as much as I'm oppose to war I will forever believe that there is a time to go to war. There is a time when its justfied.
Carol
Is Elie Wiesel an active participant of the Peace Now movement in Israel?
Where are the loud voices for justice today, based on what we learnt from yesterday?
Or do we use the events of yesterday to perpetuate more injustices today?
Peace Now??? Do the Arabs have an organization like that ANYWHERE in their 21 Arab states??? Don't bother to look..the answer is a resounding...NO!!!!!!!!!!
yes, they are several. One with an Arabic name that I can pronounce was nominated to the Nobel Prize two years ago along with its Jewish counterpart. Unfortunately they are not receiving any attention from the West.
During Bush years they want you to believe that all Arabs were extremists. As here, they are pro-war and por-peace.
BTW, Hammas is not a terrorist organization: they are not killing innocents, they are killing soldiers in the border with Lebanon. In political terms, they are a guerrilla this is the reason why Prez. Obama addressed them, you can negociate with them, no like AL Qaeeda.
What kind of "PEACE NOW" equivalent do the Arabs have??? PSSSST....the answer is ...NONE!!
Part one
Sorry as usual you are wrong again
Al-Haq (http://www.alhaq.org/)
Al-Haq is an independent Palestinian non-governmental human rights organization based in Ramallah, West Bank. Established in 1979 to protect and promote human rights and the rule of law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), the organization has special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
The Foundation for Middle East Peace (http://www.fmep.org/)
Established in 1979 by the late Merle Thorpe, Jr., the Foundation is dedicated to promoting, through various activities, a just solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that brings peace and security to both peoples. (FMEP is a joint Palestine-Israel) organization
Al Mubadara, Palestinian National Initiative (www.almubadara.org)
Al Mubadara seeks to realize Palestinian national rights and a durable, just peace through the establishment of national leadership, the immediate implementation of democratic elections at all levels of the political system, and reform of political, administrative, and other institutional structures in order to meet the needs of the Palestinian people. Al Mubadara is a strong advocate of nonviolence.
Part two
Palestinian Center for Rapprochement between People (www.rapprochement.org)
The Palestinian Center for Rapprochement between People (PCR) is a Palestinian community service center with a global vision. PCR seeks peace through dialogues aimed at developing mutual understanding, activating participants to work for human rights and justice, educating and training for peace and reconciliation, and working to increase the public role in building a just and lasting peace in the region.
Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center (www.sabeel.org)
Sabeel (The Way or Spring of Water) is an ecumenical, grassroots liberation movement among Palestinian Christians that seeks to make the gospel contextually relevant. Sabeel strives to develop a spirituality based on justice, peace, nonviolence, liberation, and reconciliation for the different national and faith communities. Sabeel also works to promote a more accurate international awareness regarding the identity, presence, and witness of Palestinian Christians.
International Solidarity Movement (http://palsolidarity.org/about)
The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) is a Palestinian-led movement committed to resisting the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land using nonviolent, direct-action methods and principles. Founded by a small group of activists in August, 2001, ISM aims to support and strengthen the Palestinian popular resistance by providing the Palestinian people with two resources, international protection and a voice with which to nonviolently resist an overwhelming military occupation force
So I could keep listing them but I know you wouldn"t believe me. Don't you get tired of lying?
Part 1
As usual you are wrong
Al-Haq (http://www.alhaq.org/)
Al-Haq is an independent Palestinian non-governmental human rights organization based in Ramallah, West Bank. Established in 1979 to protect and promote human rights and the rule of law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), the organization has special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
The Foundation for Middle East Peace (http://www.fmep.org/)
Established in 1979 by the late Merle Thorpe, Jr., the Foundation is dedicated to promoting, through various activities, a just solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that brings peace and security to both peoples. (FMEP is a joint Palestine-Israel) organization
Al Mubadara, Palestinian National Initiative (www.almubadara.org)
Al Mubadara seeks to realize Palestinian national rights and a durable, just peace through the establishment of national leadership, the immediate implementation of democratic elections at all levels of the political system, and reform of political, administrative, and other institutional structures in order to meet the needs of the Palestinian people. Al Mubadara is a strong advocate of nonviolence.
Part 2
Palestinian Center for Rapprochement between People (www.rapprochement.org)
The Palestinian Center for Rapprochement between People (PCR) is a Palestinian community service center with a global vision. PCR seeks peace through dialogues aimed at developing mutual understanding, activating participants to work for human rights and justice, educating and training for peace and reconciliation, and working to increase the public role in building a just and lasting peace in the region.
Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center (www.sabeel.org)
Sabeel (The Way or Spring of Water) is an ecumenical, grassroots liberation movement among Palestinian Christians that seeks to make the gospel contextually relevant. Sabeel strives to develop a spirituality based on justice, peace, nonviolence, liberation, and reconciliation for the different national and faith communities. Sabeel also works to promote a more accurate international awareness regarding the identity, presence, and witness of Palestinian Christians.
International Solidarity Movement (http://palsolidarity.org/about)
The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) is a Palestinian-led movement committed to resisting the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land using nonviolent, direct-action methods and principles. Founded by a small group of activists in August, 2001, ISM aims to support and strengthen the Palestinian popular resistance by providing the Palestinian people with two resources, international protection and a voice with which to nonviolently resist an overwhelming military occupation force
So I could keep listing them but I know you wouldn"t believe me. Don't you get tired of lying?
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