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In reply to the discussion: Israel air strike 'hits charitable association for disabled' in Gaza [View all]polly7
(20,582 posts)Last edited Mon Jul 14, 2014, 01:30 PM - Edit history (2)
Brilliant post that applies to many who believe 'collateral damage' is 'just a part of 'war'. I can't even stomach seeing the excuses and 'rational' behind it all anymore. Survival of the fittest (most militarily powerful, even though it's a welfare military) - it all reminds me of Dubya's thinking while destroying human beings to get the bad guys/insurgents/fighters in their own country. It's really sick. Also, I was that woman being beaten to a pulp, though I didn't start it and no-one was ever around, but that struck a deep chord with me - if he'd also beaten my child - it never came to that because he knew he wouldn't survive once I was strong enough to retaliate - one way or another, and people STILL defended him. To this day, people come up to me to talk and when they know who I was with for two decades plus they actually shake my hand because he's such a great person! Because my life didn't matter, just as those Palestinian women with dead children and husbands are forgotten like the murder/terrorism/'abuse' never occurred. People need to use their fucking heads and THINK about how every human in this world matters. Not just those with the richest militaries, the biggest guns, the biased opinion of the world so proud to shake Israel's hand over all of this. It's obscene, and so are those that defend it.