"Savage State" keeps treading ..not so lightly!... In McClatchy's, here
"...It was at least the second time in recent days that Palestinian relief workers contracted by the U.N. had been killed..."
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Israeli troops kill U.N. truck driver attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to beleaguered Gaza
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The international community is silent because they view this massacre as a war between Israel and an Iranian proxy. Encouraged by this silence Israel exposes its true face. There is a tiny, if any, security benefit in crushing Gaza. Hamas offered ceasefires all along and its primitive rockets could be intercepted by a system based on the Phalanx canon that the Israeli MoD refuses to deploy.
Why do the Israelis crush Gaza and with such enthusiasm? As an Israeli the answer is clear to me, it's because people here love it when Arabs are killed. Politicians who manage to do it with minimal Israeli casualties are admired and their way is paved.
New historical revelations teach us that the Arab states didn't seek wars with Israel. When such wars were provoked Israel usually won due to Arab lack of motivation, Israeli soldiers fear of genocide and having more and better arms.
I don't think this situation will prevail for long. Non-Arab Muslim nations who really know how to fight are slowly joining the scene. First Iran, then Iraq, Turkey, maybe Pakistan. A US bogged down by a trillion dollar deficit a year wouldn't be able to support a huge war machine nor those of its allies. The regional balance of power will shift and this combined with the internal disintegration of Israeli society will end the current state.
So why the Israelis do their best now to justify their bad name? I think this is their way to bolster their courage. They call this "deterrence" but it's actually all in their heads.
Another reason is to test Obama. Can he really change the direction of US policy or only talk? Half confident in their power they perform the opposite of his expected policy and wait to see his reaction. They're effectively taunting:
Nigger Nigger
Sissy teacher
Nigger Nigger
Mine is bigger
I think Obama understands he is being challenged. What his reaction will be? I don't know. He was elected to pick the pieces of a crumbling empire and mend it. Is it possible?
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