December 30 2008

“Leaders Lie, Civilians Die”; by Robert Fisk

This great article by Robert Fisk is a must read:

“We’ve got so used to the carnage of the Middle East that we don’t care any more – providing we don’t offend the Israelis. It’s not clear how many of the Gaza dead are civilians, but the response of the Bush administration, not to mention the pusillanimous reaction of Gordon Brown, reaffirm for Arabs what they have known for decades: however they struggle against their antagonists, the West will take Israel’s side. As usual, the bloodbath was the fault of the Arabs – who, as we all know, only understand force”.

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Posted December 30, 2008 by Eman Abukhadra in category "Arab Societies", "Media, International", "Palestine