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The Shame of Being an American (scrawled by Paul Craig Roberts in purple crayon)
The lordly lofts of Bedlam, via middleeast.org ^ | 07/22/2006 | Paul Craig Roberts

Posted on 07/28/2006 9:30:58 AM PDT by dighton

Gentle reader, do you know that Israel is engaged in ethnic cleansing in southern Lebanon? Israel has ordered all the villagers to clear out. Israel then destroys their homes and murders the fleeing villagers. That way there is no one to come back and nothing to which to return, making it easier for Israel to grab the territory, just as Israel has been stealing Palestine from the Palestinians.

Do you know that one-third of the Lebanese civilians murdered by Israel’s attacks on civilian residential districts are children? That is the report from Jan Egeland, the emergency relief coordinator for the UN. He says it is impossible for help to reach the wounded and those buried in rubble, because Israeli air strikes have blown up all the bridges and roads. Considering how often (almost always) Israel misses Hezbollah targets and hits civilian ones, one might think that Israeli fire is being guided by US satellites and US military GPS. Don’t be surprised at US complicity. Why would the puppet be any less evil than the puppet master?

Of course, you don’t know these things, because the US print and TV media do not report them.

Because Bush is so proud of himself, you do know that he has blocked every effort to stop the Israeli slaughter of Lebanese civilians. Bush has told the UN “NO.” Bush has told the European Union “NO.” Bush has told the pro-American Lebanese prime minister “NO.” Twice. Bush is very proud of his firmness. He is enjoying Israel’s rampage and wishes he could do the same thing in Iraq.

Does it make you a Proud American that “your” president gave Israel the green light to drop bombs on convoys of villagers fleeing from Israeli shelling, on residential neighborhoods in the capital of Beirut and throughout Lebanon, on hospitals, on power plants, on food production and storage, on ports, on civilian airports, on bridges, on roads, on every piece of infrastructure on which civilized life depends? Are you a Proud American? Or are you an Israeli puppet?

On July 20, “your” House of Representatives voted 410-8 in favor of Israel’s massive war crimes in Lebanon. Not content with making every American complicit in war crimes, “your” House of Representatives, according to the Associated Press, also “condemns enemies of the Jewish state.”

Who are the “enemies of the Jewish state”?

They are the Palestinians whose land has been stolen by the Jewish state, whose homes and olive groves have been destroyed by the Jewish state, whose children have been shot down in the streets by the Jewish state, whose women have been abused by the Jewish state. They are Palestinians who have been walled off into ghettos, who cannot reach their farm lands or medical care or schools, who cannot drive on roads through Palestine that have been constructed for Israelis only. They are Palestinians whose ancient towns have been invaded by militant Zionist “settlers” under the protection of the Israeli army who beat and persecute the Palestinians and drive them out of their towns. They are Palestinians who cannot allow their children outside their homes because they will be murdered by Israeli “settlers.”

The Palestinians who confront Israeli evil are called “terrorists.” When Bush forced free elections on Palestine, the people voted for Hamas. Hamas is the organization that has stood up to Israel. This means, of course, that Hamas is evil, anti-Semitic, un-American and terrorist. The US and Israel responded by cutting off all funds to the new government. Democracy is permitted only if it produces the results Bush and Israel want.

Israelis never practice terror. Only those who are in Israel’s way are terrorists.

Another enemy of the Jewish state is Hezbollah. Hezbollah is a militia of Shi’ite Muslims created in 1982 when Israel first invaded Lebanon. During this invasion the great moral Jewish state arranged for the murder of refugees in refugee camps. The result of Israel’s atrocities was Hezbollah, which fought the Israeli Army, defeated it, and drove it out of Lebanon. Today Hezbollah not only defends southern Lebanon but also provides social services such as orphanages and medical care.

To cut to the chase, the enemies of the Jewish state are any Muslim country not ruled by an American puppet friendly to Israel. Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the oil emirates have sided with Israel against their own kind, because they are dependent either on American money or on American protection from their own people. Sooner or later these totally corrupt governments that do not represent the people they rule will be overthrown. It is only a matter of time.

Indeed Bush and Israel may be hastening the process in their frantic effort to overthrow the governments of Syria and Iran. Both governments have more popular support than Bush has, but the White House Moron doesn’t know this. The Moron thinks Syria and Iran will be “cakewalks” like Iraq, where ten proud divisions of the US military are tied down by a few lightly armed insurgents.

If you are still a Proud American, consider that your pride is doing nothing good for Israel or for America.

On July 20 when “your” House of Representatives, following “your” US Senate, passed the resolution in support of Israel’s war crimes, the most powerful lobby in Washington, the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), quickly got out a press release proclaiming “The American people overwhelming support Israel’s war on terrorism and understand that we must stand by our closest ally in this time of crisis.”

The truth is that Israel created the crisis by invading a country with a pro-American government. The truth is that the American people do not support Israel’s war crimes, as the CNN quick poll results make clear and as was made clear by callers into C-Span.

Despite the Israeli spin on news provided by US “reporting,” a majority of Americans do not approve of Israeli atrocities against Lebanese civilians. Hezbollah is located in southern Lebanon. If Israel is targeting Hezbollah, why are Israeli bombs falling on northern Lebanon? Why are they falling on Beirut? Why are they falling on civilian airports? On schools and hospitals?

Now we arrive at the main point. When the US Senate and House of Representatives pass resolutions in support of Israeli war crimes and condemn those who resist Israeli aggression, the Senate and House confirm Osama bin Laden’s propaganda that America stands with Israel against the Arab and Muslim world.

Indeed, Israel, which has one of the world’s largest per capita incomes, is the largest recipient of US foreign aid. Many believe that much of this “aid” comes back to AIPAC, which uses it to elect “our” representatives in Congress.

This perception is no favor to Israel, whose population is declining, as the smart ones have seen the writing on the wall and have been leaving. Israel is surrounded by hundreds of millions of Muslims who are being turned into enemies of Israel by Israel’s actions and inhumane policies.

The hope in the Muslim world has always been that the United States would intervene in behalf of compromise and make Israel realize that Israel cannot steal Palestine and turn every Palestinian into a refugee.

This has been the hope of the Arab world. This is the reason our puppets have not been overthrown. This hope is the reason America still had some prestige in the Arab world.

The House of Representatives resolution, bought and paid for by AIPAC money, is the final nail in the coffin of American prestige in the Middle East. It shows that America is, indeed, Israel’s puppet, just as Osama bin Laden says, and as a majority of Muslims believe.

With hope and diplomacy dead, henceforth America and Israel have only tooth and claw. The vaunted Israeli army could not defeat a rag tag militia in southern Lebanon. The vaunted US military cannot defeat a rag tag, lightly armed insurgency drawn from a minority of the population in Iraq, insurgents, moreover, who are mainly engaged in civil war against the Shi’ite majority.

What will the US and its puppet master do? Both are too full of hubris and paranoia to admit their terrible mistakes. Israel and the US will either destroy from the air the civilian infrastructure of Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Iran so that civilized life becomes impossible for Muslims, or the US and Israel will use nuclear weapons to intimidate Muslims into acquiescence to Israel’s desires.

Muslim genocide in one form or another is the professed goal of the neoconservatives who have total control over the Bush administration. Neocon godfather Norman Podhoretz has called for World War IV (in neocon thinking WW III was the Cold War) to overthrow Islam in the Middle East, deracinate the Islamic religion and turn it into a formalized, secular ritual.

Rumsfeld’s neocon Pentagon has drafted new US war doctrine that permits pre-emptive nuclear attack on non-nuclear states.

Neocon David Horowitz says that by slaughtering Palestinian and Lebanese civilians, “Israel is doing the work of the rest of the civilized world,” thus equating war criminals with civilized men.

Neocon Larry Kudlow says that “Israel is doing the Lord’s work” by murdering Lebanese, a claim that should give pause to Israel’s Christian evangelical supporters. Where does the Lord Jesus say, “go forth and murder your neighbors so that you may steal their lands”?

The complicity of the American public in these heinous crimes will damn America for all time in history.


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To: dighton
"Israel deserved to be raped by those Muslim men. Did you see what she was wearing? Besides, that Israel's a slut. She probably liked it! And when she tried to defend herself against the rape, THAT'S when the crime occured. How'd those nice Muslim men know she'd be such a violent bitch? What's wrong with her? How come she can't just lie back and enjoy it?" -- Judge Paul Craig Roberts, People Vs. Israel, 2006
21 posted on 07/28/2006 9:41:22 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Islam is a perversion of faith, a lie against human spirit, an obscenity shouted in the face of G_d)
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To: dirtboy

Obviously Roberts is a fan of the Dixie Chicks and wants their attention.


22 posted on 07/28/2006 9:41:50 AM PDT by austinaero
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To: tioga
WHO is paul craig roberts?

Actually Paul Craig Roberts is an attorney, and a former official in the Reagan administration... Deputy Treasury Secretary I believe.
23 posted on 07/28/2006 9:42:39 AM PDT by paleolibertarian (statistics don't lie or do they?)
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To: Paleo Conservative
What happened to Paul Craig Roberts?

Check out the link and who he's writing for. I guess he figures his bile appeals to a larger audience in the Middle East than it does here.

24 posted on 07/28/2006 9:42:40 AM PDT by dirtboy (Glad to see the ink was still working in Bush's veto pen, now that he wisely used it on this bill)
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To: Paleo Conservative
What happened to Paul Craig Roberts?

Huffington Disease X 10

25 posted on 07/28/2006 9:42:56 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: dighton
He forgot one very important enemy of the Jewish state: SATAN.
26 posted on 07/28/2006 9:43:17 AM PDT by Edgerunner (The WOT will not be won without Iran and Syria going down)
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To: domenad

I think he does. I work with more than a few people who side with the Palestinians. I have no idea why I'm running into so many people as of late that side against Israel, and I live in conservative Utah.


27 posted on 07/28/2006 9:43:37 AM PDT by Mazda3Fan
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To: CBart95
Let him rant.

Absolutely. Looking around at other forums I'm seeing the true barking moonbats becoming ever more irrelevant and ostracized even among liberals.
28 posted on 07/28/2006 9:44:22 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Everybody's entitled to my opinion.)
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To: marvlus

When he "hears" about it, "he" will "ignore" it.


29 posted on 07/28/2006 9:44:23 AM PDT by Rocko ( Hezbollah isn't crying UNCLE; they're crying UN....)
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To: dighton

Who is this nutcase, was he just released from a looney bin?


30 posted on 07/28/2006 9:44:40 AM PDT by jazusamo (DIANA IREY for Congress, PA 12th District: Retire murtha.)
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To: dighton

I sitll don't get why Newsmax hosts his column. The guy hates America and Israel, pretty obviously.


31 posted on 07/28/2006 9:44:43 AM PDT by jw777
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To: dighton
I washed his last few paragraphs through the old De-Euphemizer, for the sake of honesty and clarity. I have also employed moonbat red text:

Muslim genocide in one form or another is the professed goal of the Joooooooo neoconservatives who have total control over the Bush administration. Joooooooo godfather Norman Podhoretz has called for World War IV (in Joooooooo thinking WW III was the Cold War) to overthrow Islam in the Middle East, deracinate the Islamic religion and turn it into a formalized, secular ritual.

Rumsfeld’s Joooooooo Pentagon has drafted new US war doctrine that permits pre-emptive nuclear attack on non-nuclear states.

Joooooooo David Horowitz says that by slaughtering Palestinian and Lebanese civilians, “Israel is doing the work of the rest of the civilized world,” thus equating war criminals with civilized men.

Joooooooo Larry Kudlow says that “Israel is doing the Lord’s work” by murdering Lebanese, a claim that should give pause to Israel’s Christian evangelical supporters. Where does the Lord Jesus say, “go forth and murder your neighbors so that you may steal their lands”?

The complicity of the American public in these heinous crimes will damn America for all time in history.

32 posted on 07/28/2006 9:45:08 AM PDT by Petronski (Living His life abundantly.)
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To: tioga
Paul Craig Roberts is a guy who used to write for The Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek. He's got a Ph.D in economics from UVA.

He was a deputy secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration.

Back then he claimed to be a conservative.

Then when he began hating America he starting calling himself a "palaeoconservative" or a "true conservative" - you know, like Pat Buchanan or Charley Reese.

The when he began writing for Marxist sites like antiwar.com and counterpunch.org he started calling himself a "libertarian" or a "palaeolibertarian."

He basically hates America, Jews, George Bush and free enterprise - the same stuff that palaeolibertarians, palaeoconservatives, Marxists, anarchists, neo-Nazis and jihadists all hate.

33 posted on 07/28/2006 9:45:14 AM PDT by wideawake ("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
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To: Paleo Conservative
What happened to Paul Craig Roberts?

One of three things:

1) He's secretly converted Islam.

2) He's closet racist and anti-semite with a vacation home in Idaho.

3) His love affair with Ariana Huffington or David Brock has warped his POV.

34 posted on 07/28/2006 9:46:14 AM PDT by Ol' Sparky
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To: jazusamo

See post 33.


35 posted on 07/28/2006 9:46:26 AM PDT by wideawake ("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
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To: dighton

He forgot the ethnic cleansing in Gaza where the Israelis forcibly removed - you guessed it - other Israelis so that the Palis could have the whole place to themselves. The Palis then set about destroying any remaining valuable infrastructure the Israelis had built and then started lobbing missiles across the border.


36 posted on 07/28/2006 9:46:42 AM PDT by Locomotive Breath (In the shuffling madness)
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To: Paleo Conservative
What happened to Paul Craig Roberts?

We should start a pool on the size of the tumor in the higher-reasoning regions of his brain (hattip: Dana Carvey and SNL).

My bet: a tangelo. His tumor is the size of a tangelo.

37 posted on 07/28/2006 9:46:57 AM PDT by Petronski (Living His life abundantly.)
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To: wideawake

I wouldn't. Who is this imbecile anyway?


38 posted on 07/28/2006 9:47:02 AM PDT by GW and Twins Pawpaw (Sheepdog for Five [My grandkids are way more important than any lefty's feelings!])
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To: dighton
This idiot has a serious case of stupid. I got halfway through his stupidity and gave up. Some one needs to boot that moron out of his mothers basement and send him to be with his beloved mooselims in the Mideast so he can live the life.
39 posted on 07/28/2006 9:47:18 AM PDT by SouthernBoyupNorth ("For my wings are made of Tungsten, my flesh of glass and steel..........")
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To: GW and Twins Pawpaw

See post 33.


40 posted on 07/28/2006 9:47:20 AM PDT by wideawake ("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
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