Save the Lebanese civilians petition ... Please sign and circulate.

[mom cat]

http://epetition.net/julywar/index.php

Please also kick for visibility.... Thanks

[Monkeyman]

1. Done

[mom cat]

5. Thanks!

[babylonsister]

2. Done and recommended. nt

[mom cat]

6. Thanks for helping give the visibility that it needs.

[Lindacooks]

3. Done and K&R

[mom cat]

7. Thanks for the K&R!

[papau]

4. Total Signatures since July 15, 2006 = 166782 - and no save civilians who

are not Lebanese.

interesting

[mom cat]

9. I believe that stopping the war will save the non-Lebanese civilians

and soldiers also. Right now, a cease fire is imperative and Bush/Rice/Olmert are dragging their heels. In the mean time there are over half a million refugees and an impending humanitarian crisis in Lebanon. Even though some food is on the way, the roads are so badly damaged that distribution may be impossible. We must insist on the prevention of starvation.
If you or anyone else can find a petition that is "more balanced" I will sign it too. I just want this impending humanitarian crisis to be averted. It could be like Katrina.

[Lindacooks]

13. You are exactly right.

Unfortunately, many people think that any criticism of Israel is tantamount to advocating its destruction. And many of these people, sadly, don't think there is anything wrong with Israel killing innocent children; it's just part of its 'defense'.

[mom cat]

17. One does nor respond to the kidnapping of two soldiers by flattening a

neighboring country. But whatever one's beliefs, it is crucial to stop the humanitarian crisis and stop the killing and destruction on both sides. The killings must stop.

[Lindacooks]

20. Right.

I have seen analogies here that are so appropriate. And yes, before there are howls of criticism from Israel apologists, this isn't the same. It's an ANALOGY.

Say I'm in a feud with a neighbor. That neighbor takes my cat. I respond by taking his dog. He responds by burning down a tree in my yard. Then I respond by killing his family, burning down his house, and hunting down his grandparents and killing them too.

That is what is called a disproportionate response. And it IS what Israel is guilty of.

[mom cat]

23. Also, the attack on Lebanon was clearly preplanned and designed

to do maximum infrastructure damage to Lebanon, not to proportionately react to Hizbollah. This was so clearly not a response to the two soldiers, but a plan in search of an excuse.

[papau]

25. but rockets and missiles and suicide bombers killing Israeli civilians is

not worthy of a bit of wording in the resolution?

We agree that both sides had much larger plans that just the kidnap/killing and the response to same, but I do see the resolution as unbalanced and therefore biased.

[mom cat]

27. I just found a more balanced resolution from Dennis Kucinich:

http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/justforeignpolicy

I think that the slaughter on both sides has to stop and that continued aggression will only create more rage and destruction. I think that Dennis's petition handles that better.

[TahitiNut]

16. Total Signatures since July 15, 2006 = 167258

[mom cat]

19. Hey! ... It is moving up! ...Get it out there among people you know and

sympathetic groups.

[guinivere]

8. done nt

[mom cat]

10. Thanks. Please send it around to your e-mail circles.

[Spazito]

11. Done, signed and circulated n/t

[mom cat]

12. Thanks for circulating it too. We must raise an outcry about this and

try to stop the madness!

[Roland99]

14. SIGNED!

[mom cat]

21. Thanks Roland. We must try to stop this war any way we can.

:hug:

[Roland99]

22. We must speak up while our gov't remains silent.

[hwmnbn]

15. done.... signed...

and kicked!

[mom cat]

18. Thanks dear heart! This war must be stopped.

[Lindacooks]

24. Kick

[Judi Lynn]

26. Really appreciate the chance to sign the petition, mom cat.

So glad you made it possible. Thank you.

[mom cat]

28. Here is another one from Dennis Kucinich:

http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/justforeignpolicy

[mom cat]

29. Kick for visability.

:kick:

[Scurrilous]

30. Done.

:kick:

[mom cat]

31. kick

[EFerrari]

32. Over 185K signatures since July 15!

I put it on our little homepage.

:kick:

[mom cat]

33. Thanks so much!

[EFerrari]

34. I think I'm kicking my own kick And as a Catholic, that may be a

problem.

:silly: