"Huge Discrepancies in the Rachel Corrie Story"

ChronWatch ^ | April 04, 2003 | Dr. Steven Plaut

[hellinahandcart]

First I'm hearing of it, too.

[ppaul]

"Why do they hate us?"

That was the question repeated over and over, ad nauseaum, by the media and every stripe of leftist following 9/11/2001.
Well, how about because there are hundreds of our own citizens going to underdevloped countries and fomenting hatred of the USA amomgst children? What happens when those poor children grow up after being fed a steady diet of "hate Aemrica" propaganda all their lives?

[TaxRelief]

They were on the palsolidarity.org server. But they have been moved into a private folder. Freepmail me with your email address if you want me to send them to you. I have the originals from before the stupid friends realized everyone could at get them.

[TaxRelief]

Wait! Found the photos- http://www.palsolidarity.org/pictures

[Only1choice____Freedom]

>>"No offense to Rachel's family, although I do think they do have something to answer for..."

Two words, Taliban Johnny.

[Hila]

She was wrong in every one of her actions and full of hate for our land of America and what it represents.

[robertpaulsen]

Did this incident occur anywhere near a grassy knoll?

[uglybiker]

[DonQ]

Although the death of any noncombatant is a tragedy, we ought to remember that Rachel Corrie died as a human shield for - not people but a building. In this case a building belonging to the notorious Arab bomber Samir Masri, who had escaped from prison about ten years earlier.

The Israelis long ago adopted the policy of bulldozing the buildings belonging to terrorists, not only as a deterrent to the particular terrorists, but also because there was a strong likelihood that the building was strategically located for terrorist purposes, that it was specially fortified and equipped (for example, they've found elaborate tunnels and secret rooms, even wired for electricity, in such buildings), and would be an attractive lair for other terrorists if not razed.

Rachel Corrie and her group of English-speaking protesters were playing human shield against the bulldozers precisely because Arabs - who certainly aren't bashful about being used as human shields - aren't foolish enough to do such a thing.

The description of the tragedy was that, although she was dressed in highly visible clothes and so forth, she dropped to the ground - out of the view of the bulldozer driver - seconds before the bulldozer hit her, and apparently she did so at a moment when the bulldozer was maneuvering so that the driver wouldn't have noticed what happened to her but might assume, since she was no longer standing in his way, that she had been sensible enough to get out of his path.

We certainly had strong negative attitudes about those Americans who went to Iraq to play human shield for Saddam and I don't know why other Americans who do the same for Arafat get more sympathy.