Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 19:18:06 -0800 (PST)
From: Maldoror <insektus-AT-yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Brilliant Canadian view of Palestinians


i'd hardly call this panderer to israel's state
terrorism 'brilliant.' i'll assume the adjective was
used as sarcasm.

gr3g

--- julian samuel <jjsamuel-AT-vif.com> wrote:
>  Sunday  March 10  2002
> 
> Israel should show same restraint as U.S.
> Tommy schnurmacher
> 
> TOMMY SCHNURMACHER
> Montreal Gazette
> 
> 
> Sunday, March 10, 2002
> 
> Israel always stands alone. While other countries
> are applauded for fighting
> terrorism, Israel is supposed to turn the other
> cheek as its citizens
> continue to be slaughtered on a daily basis by
> terrorists, including suicide
> bombers.
> 
> Even American Secretary of State Colin Powell
> lectured Israeli Prime
> Minister Ariel Sharon for Israel's attacks on
> Palestinian areas.
> 
> The Taliban and Al-Qa'ida members are no longer
> killing innocent Americans,
> but that hasn't stopped the U.S. Its generals have
> just brought in 16 more
> AH-64 Apache and five AH-1 Super Cobra attack
> helicopters to pound away at
> the enemy.
> 
> The American officer commanding the current ground
> offensive, Maj.-Gen.
> Frank Hagenbeck of the 101st Airborne division, was
> quoted in the Thursday
> edition of the New York Times.
> 
> He said, "In the last 24 hours, we have killed lots,
> lots of Al-Qa'ida and
> Taliban. I won't give you precise numbers, but we've
> confirmed kills in the
> hundreds."
> 
> Kills in the hundreds?
> 
> I didn't see Colin Powell calling for restraint when
> he heard the news.
> Where was the restraint when Americans were bombing
> innocent Serbian women
> and children in Belgrade because the U.S. was angry
> with Slobodan Milosevic?
> 
> To bolster international support for its massive
> bombing of Afghanistan, the
> United States made a point of saying it was acting
> in self-defence. The
> American administration insisted it wished to target
> terrorists, and not
> civilians.
> 
> Israel is also targeting terrorists and not
> civilians.
> 
> Fatah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, on the other hand,
> have a different modus
> operandi. They specifically target civilians, hoping
> to kill and maim as
> many as possible.
> 
> FBI director Robert Mueller said Wednesday,
> "Al-Qa'ida followers in the
> United States and abroad remain committed to
> participating in terror attacks
> in the United States."
> 
> Sounds familiar.
> 
> Palestinian militants associated with Chairman
> Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction
> remain committed to participating in terror attacks
> in Israel.
> 
> Arafat's Fatah faction has proudly taken
> responsibility for the most deadly
> attacks. As a matter of fact, Marwan Barghouti, the
> West Bank leader of
> Arafat's Fatah faction, has urged attacks on
> Israelis in Palestinian areas
> must continue even if peace talks start.
> 
> Some peace talks.
> 
> Is Powell ready to exercise restraint with the
> Taliban and Al-Qa'ida? After
> all, in some cases, their innocent wives and
> children travel with them. Is
> Powell ready to sit down with the representatives of
> Osama bin Laden to
> discuss a possible compromise to avoid further
> bloodshed on either side? Is
> Powell ready to withdraw all American troops from
> Saudi Arabia?
> 
> Hardly.
> 
> Powell is not the only one telling Israel what to do
> and how to do it.
> Canada's new foreign minister, Bill Graham, was
> speaking to the
> Canada-Israel Committee last week. His audience
> seemed surprised he would
> equate Palestinian terrorist attacks with Israeli
> actions in self-defence.
> 
> Why the surprise?
> 
> For years, Canada has consistently voted alongside
> Arab dictatorships as the
> United Nations passes one anti- Israeli resolution
> after another.
> 
> When the Durban conference on racism degenerated
> into a hate-filled orgy of
> anti-Semitism, Canadian government officials stayed
> to the bitter end,
> offering the lame excuse we had managed to temper
> the final resolution.
> 
> We should have let it stand so it would be easier to
> see the UN for the
> anti-Semitic forum it has become.
> 
> When Graham says Israel must temper its response to
> violence, he follows in
> the Liberal tradition. Former foreign minister John
> Manley harrumphed at the
> very idea terrorism against Israel was as bad as
> terrorism against the
> United States.
> 
> Israel has been in a really tough spot for a year
> and a half.
> 
> Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak's
> far-reaching concessions didn't
> bring about peace. If Israel was ready to make so
> many concessions without
> being forced to do so, terrorists figured the
> "Zionist entity" might give up
> even more if it came under relentless and regular
> attack.
> 
> Frustrated with Barak, the Israeli population turned
> to Ariel Sharon, hoping
> he would deliver on his promise to provide security.
> 
> Sharon, too, has failed.
> 
> The Israeli population might now be frustrated
> enough to turn back to former
> prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has suggested
> building a wall to
> separate the two populations and conducting a
> military sweep of Palestinian
> areas to seize as many weapons as possible.
> 
> There's no guarantee his plan will work, but it sure
> beats trusting Saudi
> Arabia.
> 
> As Israel continues to fight the enemies that seek
> its destruction, it
> should, indeed, exercise restraint: the same
> restraint exercised by the
> United States of America.
> 
> - Tommy Schnurmacher is heard weekdays 9 a.m. to
> noon on CJAD 800 radio. His
> E-mail address is tommys-AT-total.net.
> 
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