Kurdi Bear in Jenin

An absolutely chilling first-hand account of what Israel was up to in
Jenin almost a year ago. This is the face of Ariel Sharon's style of
government, where the rubber meets the road. Stay tuned; much more is
coming soon!

http://www.gush-shalom.org/archives/kurdi_eng.html

(Rhetorical question: who has a shorter life expectancy today: an innocent
Palestinian civilian or an innocent Iraqi civilian?)

JdL

In a message dated 3/17/03 12:52:15 PM Eastern Standard Time,
jdl@... writes:

> (Rhetorical question: who has a shorter life expectancy today: an innocent
> Palestinian civilian or an innocent Iraqi civilian?)
>
> JdL
>

Or an innocent Israeli civilian?

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> (Rhetorical question: who has a shorter life expectancy today: an innocent
> Palestinian civilian or an innocent Iraqi civilian?)

[Johnny:]
>Or an innocent Israeli civilian?

Absolutely. Thank God there are not people rampaging around Israel demolishing homes
and crushing anyone who stands in the way! I do not in any minimize the very real
terror that innocent Israelies experience at the hands of suicide bombers and other
thugs.

Any reaction to the story itself? How about to Uri's column?

JdL

Right now I am in the heat of concerts, but I did read the article. It
sounds like some of the toughest MoFos are driving those bulldozers. I hope
that the people in that region eventually recognize that they will be living
together eventually.

I do think that there is a healthy amount of propaganda being utilized by all
sides. I wonder why it is so difficult to present all sides in the press per
article, rather than each article being on a different side.

best, Johnny

[Johnny:]
>Right now I am in the heat of concerts, but I did read the article. It
>sounds like some of the toughest MoFos are driving those bulldozers. I hope
>that the people in that region eventually recognize that they will be living
>together eventually.

LOL! He's a "tough MoFo", all right.

>I do think that there is a healthy amount of propaganda being utilized by all
>sides. I wonder why it is so difficult to present all sides in the press per
>article, rather than each article being on a different side.

As someone once said, "Let truth and error meet and free and open conflict."
In the ideal world, no would would have an axe to grind. In the world today,
everyone does. If we are at least open about our axes, we can argue our cases
and hope to come to some resolution (hopefully without resorting to war).

Good luck with your concerts.

JdL