(Updated June 9) It may seem tribal to single out the one American among the nine killed by Israeli forces during the raid on the humanitarian flotilla headed toward Gaza. But nation-states usually make a big deal when someone holding one of their passports is harmed by a foreign government. So it's worth pointing out that, to date, the U.S. government has lodged no protest with the government of Israel. Of course the White House did have time to criticize journalist Helen Thomas's remarks about Israel as "offensive and reprehensible." How many people did Thomas murder?
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Furkan Dogan, 19, R.I.P.
(Updated June 9) It may seem tribal to single out the one American among the nine killed by Israeli forces during the raid on the humanitarian flotilla headed toward Gaza. But nation-states usually make a big deal when someone holding one of their passports is harmed by a foreign government. So it's worth pointing out that, to date, the U.S. government has lodged no protest with the government of Israel. Of course the White House did have time to criticize journalist Helen Thomas's remarks about Israel as "offensive and reprehensible." How many people did Thomas murder?
Maybe it is tribal. Maybe it's also sad that I found a new level of sadness about this incident seeing the face and reading the name of one of the victims, where before there was only this kind of statistical abstraction ("x people died, when..."). Sadness all around. RIP.
ReplyDeleteDid you happen to catch Justin Raimondo's recent article in which he mentions Joe Biden's reaction to this kid's murder? Biden more or less said, "What's the big deal. Israel has a right to defend itself." Now we know how important protecting the lives of the "American people" really is to these scumbags.
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