As Gaza burns, Arab leaders sip champagne with the enemy
More than 700 Palestinians killed and more than 4,000 injured. Yet there
is no urgency to stop Israel's massacre of Palestinians. Israel is no
Joshua. Neither are the Palestinians the wicked Canaanite tribes for
them to be subjected to a massacre. With every passing minute, the death
toll increases. Yet the so-called civilized world shows little sympathy
for the trapped Gaza Palestinians facing Israeli tanks in the north and
east and an Egyptian wall in the south. In the west, the Mediterranean
sea is patrolled by Israeli warships. The Palestinians have little
choice - death is the only end whether they fight the Israelis or don't.
As Palestinian blood is shed, the Arab states take a cool stroll to the
United Nations where they make no fiery speeches. They follow their
leader - US president George W. Bush who during his two-terms in the
White House, made sure no Arab ruler, subscribing to the US policy was
ousted by angry masses by means of people's power revolutions. Egyptian
tyrant Hosni Mubarak and the monarchs of Saudi Arabia and Jordan owe
their seats of power to Bush. There is nary a criticism of Mubarak from
the United States for his human rights violations. Egypt is virtually a
police state where freedom of expression is enjoyed by only those who
sing hosannas to Mubarak. The tyranny in Egypt is worse than what Bush
and his Western allies saw in Iraq during the reign of Saddam Hussein.
Yet the West does not call for a regime change.
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