Eye for an eye according to Likudnik algebra
October 5, 2004
You do the math, if that’s what we have come to. After all, Israeli officials simply love to project their own casualties in terms of other nations’ larger populations.
4 Israelis killed last week (including 2 soldiers). Over 70 Palestinians killed and 648 wounded in the last five days (mostly unarmed civilians), as of this writing. But the month is still young; with 112 Palestinians killed in September, the potential is sadly huge for October.
Israel’s typically violent attack has been given an unbelievably arrogant code name: “Operation Days of Penitence.” In the Jewish faith, the ten days which fall between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur (which ended recently) are days of penitence, during which people should be seeking God’s forgiveness for sins committed in the past year, searching their souls and apologizing to those they have hurt. Could Sharon be referring to next year’s days of penitence, when he might be repenting for his sins? Perish the thought.
Together, Sharon and his soul mate Bush, just like the Islamic extremists they abhor, have broken more divine commandments than they will ever have time to repent for, assigning godly attributes to their nasty actions. (Remember the original "Operation Infinite Justice" in Afghanistan?)
If Sharon’s attack on Gaza is called “Operation Days of Penitence,” then Bush’s onslaught in Iraq might as well be called “Operation Love Thy Neighbor.” Naturally, they both expect their victims to respond with “Operation Turn the Other Cheek.”
While Israel roams free in Gaza, the US has turned a blind eye, as usual. Western media has relegated the story to “other items in the news,” as usual. And the ever useful Arab League is trying to push for yet another resolution condemning Israel, yet another resolution which, in the unlikely event that an American administration doesn’t veto it, will be openly flouted by Israel. As usual.
