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The silence of the
hams
By Dr. E.A. Richards, Special
to Arab News
WASHINGTON, 1 August — Sunday morning is the
period when the American talks shows peddle their propaganda to
the nation.
Who are they? Let us see!
On NBC it is Tim Russert that leads off with his
usual criticisms of Palestine and Yasser Arafat, criticizing both
for not being nice victims to the Israeli Nazis.
On ABC it is Sam and Cokie, ably supported in
their anti Palestinian diatribes by Steffy Stefanopolous and
pro-Israel all the way pundit, George Will.
On CBS it is another Sharon mouthpiece, Bob
Schieffer, who cannot see anything wrong with what Israel does.
If you switch to Fox News, Brit Hume will
expound on why it is fine for Israel to murder Palestinian
civilians, but not all right for Palestinians to take revenge
against Israelis.
What were they silent about this time? Read
further!
A “brave” Israeli pilot committed a crime
against humanity when he flew an F-16 fighter aircraft into
undefended civilian territory in the Gaza Strip and fired a
missile into a Palestinian home in a Gaza residential area.
This F-16 was American made, with American
rockets and machine guns, with special American supplied laser
guided missiles, all of which was provided free of charge to the
Israeli government by a pro-Israeli administration and Congress.
If you had tuned in on Sunday to said political
talk shows you would have heard nothing about the brutal attack,
which, most Nazi-like in character, was made in the dead of night.
What was the result of this cowardly sortie?
Sixteen Palestinians killed, of which two were
innocent babies, and one was a 15-year-old girl. 5 Palestinian
homes leveled, and 145 Palestinians wounded.
Did you hear any of this on Sunday? Was the
wanton murders of Gaza civilians decried by Bob Schieffer? Did
Brit Hume fume at the injustice of the butchery? Did Sam or Cokie
give any excuse for the cowardly F-16 attack? Did George Will or
Steffie come out against the killing and wounding? Did Timorous
Russert criticize Sharon’s dastardly action in ordering this
appendage to the ongoing genocide?
Not a chance!
In fact, they probably were as pleased with the
attack results as was “The Butcher”, Sharon, who chortled over
the body count, in his illegal use of American supplied weaponry
for attack purposes rather than for defense.
There they stand, with their bosses, pro-Israel
as they can be, aiding and abetting the Israeli jackboots in their
genocide against the Palestinians, knowing that the American party
line for both the administration and the congress is also mainly
on the Israeli side.
Again Ariel Sharon, “The Butcher”, thumbs
his nose at Bush, Cheney, Rice and Powell, and the American
people, who wish someone, any one, had the guts to combat this mad
killer for the sake of Middle East peace.
Can it be done?
Not by those scared Americans in our government
with spinal columns constructed of damp pasta!
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