RON PAUL & DENNIS KUCINICH on the GAZA Conflict

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Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich on the Gaza Conflict

Source: http://www.campaignforliberty.com and youtube.com

Congressman Paul took to the House floor on Friday morning, 01-09-09, to remind Congress how our interference in Middle Eastern affairs only makes things worse:

Ron Paul: Israel Created Hamas! 01-09-09
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z6vM...orliberty.com/

Ron Paul Stresses Neutrality In Gaza "a Concentration Camp" 01-05-09 presstv.ir
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYNLX...php?blogpage=2

Ron Paul on Gaza 01-03-09
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08gTW...eature=related

U.S. Weapons Used To Kill Children! Paid For By U.S. Taxpayers! Dennis Kucinich 01-07-09
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Faf_n...eature=channel

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Two Thoughtful Articles on Gaza

SOURCE: http://campaignforliberty.com

What would the Israeli-Arab conflict mean if the U.S. had a non-interventionist foreign policy? Well, it would not necessarily mean much to the well-being of the United States, says Michael Scheuer, former head of the CIA's Bin Laden Unit and author of Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is Losing the War on Terror. In a new article at Antiwar.com, Scheuer explains how the American elite, "addicted to intervention," has put the United States in a position where Israel's actions are understandably seen as being approved by U.S. policy. Because of the special relationship between America and Israel, the Israeli invasion of Gaza has only reinforced the perception that the United States and Israel call the shots, that U.S. allies in the Arab world are puppets, and that Muslim lives are devalued by our government. The invasion has only guaranteed disruption to a potential peace process and reinvigorated Hamas, according to Scheuer.

Eric Margolis discusses the two narratives being told about the Gaza invasion in his own article, Israel's 'Fait Accompli' in Gaza, at: http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis131.html.

Excerpt: A fait accompli

When the air raids on Gaza began, Barak said: "We have totally changed the rules of the game."

He was right. By blitzing Hamas-run Gaza, Barak presented the incoming US administration with a fait accompli, and neatly checkmated the newest player in the Middle East Great Game – Barack Obama, the US president-elect – before he could even take a seat at the table.

"In the Israeli and North American press version" of the story, Isreal is retaliating, fully within its rights, against Hamas terrorists for firing rockets and killing innocent Israeli civilians. Margolis agrees such terrorism is a crime, but he says "so, too, is the Israeli blockade of Gaza, which is an egregious violation of international law and the Geneva Conventions." The invasion also has important political implications, both in Israel and in America. In Isreael, the leaders of the Labour and Kadima parties are trying to prove themselves tougher than Likud. Here at home the Obama administration will take power with many Labor Party–friendly Middle East advisers and the Muslim world blaming America for the violence in Gaza. And of course, the attacks will also likely "torpedo the current Saudi-sponsored peace plan, which had been backed by all members of the Arab league."

If America had a non-interventionist foreign policy, the impact on the United States by such horrendous conflicts abroad would be minimized. We as individual Americans could disagree among each other about those conflicts, or choose not to care about them at all. As it is, even our political processes become interlinked with politics abroad, and when American treasure and diplomacy are seen behind other nations' acts of belligerence, the United States becomes a target for resentment and even terrorism. This makes it all the more important to see foreign wars with a bit of nuance and an effort at balance, but it is not always easy. It might not always be possible to be objective. All the more reason we should return to our Founding Fathers' policy of peace, honest friendship and free trade with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

[Dominic]

I work for Boeing yesterday during a crew meeting one of my co workers brought up that the rockets used by Hamas were made by Boeing. Everyone in the room got real quite. If all of us realize that the war is a game that is played on the people this will end fast. The life that these so called illuminated ones put out is against every man woman and child on this planet.


Help your fellow man wake up today!

Do not wait time is short!

Random acts of kindness are contagious.

I feel it catching in people.

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Israel had U.S OK for War on Gaza ~ Ron Paul
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TUESDAY, 06 JANUARY 2009 20:50

Outspoken Republican congressman Ron Paul says Israel had received a green light from the United States to launch an offensive in Gaza...

The Texas congressman said the Israeli attack on the impoverished Gaza Strip shapes a bleak future for the whole world as it means that, "the whole idea of preemptive or preventive war is spreading." He went on to challenge the idea of Hamas threatening Israel's security and argued that "Palestinian missiles are so minor compared to the fire power of Israel, who has nuclear weapons."

The US Congressman's remarks come as Israel continues to rebuff international efforts to end the assault on Gaza, and Israeli troops and tanks — protected by heavy air, sea and artillery fire - have sliced through the center of Gaza and surrounded the main city.

The tenth day of the assault brings the number of Palestinian casualties to 530 with over 2,600 others wounded. The UN says that about 25 percent of the casualties were civilian deaths.

Paul added that the escalation of war in Gaza would contribute to the fall of economy on the global stage and in the US, explaining that the US involvement in too many wars is "draining us emotionally and financially".

Congressman Paul said that even though Israel has carried out the invasion of Gaza, "the United States will be blamed for it."

"Israel depends on us; they depend on us economically, they depend on us for their military power and all their weapons and they really got a green light from our administration," he explained.

Paul's comment comes after US vice president Dick Cheney said Israel did not seek Washington's approval for launching an offensive against Gaza.

"They didn't seek clearance or approval from us, certainly," Cheney said Sunday.

Earlier on Saturday, the Israeli website Debkafile cited sources in Washington as saying that US President George W. Bush had given a green light to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for an all-out military operation in Gaza.

The GOP congressman also warned in July, that any Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities would take place with the explicit backing of the US government.

Paul said "No matter what they do, it is our money, it is our weapons, and they are not going to do it without us approving it."