The Israeli military has changed its story
about why its forces killed 15 medical workers and then buried them and
their vehicles to hide the evidence. After their initial claim that the
medical vehicles were approaching “suspiciously” without their
emergency lights on was disproven by video evidence, they are now
calling the whole thing a big mistake.
Sure, who among us has not accidentally massacred 15 medical workers
and buried them and their vehicles in a shallow grave from time to time?
We’re only human, mistakes happen.
Asked by the press about Israel’s latest war crime scandal, White House National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes blamed the whole thing on Hamas, saying,
"Hamas uses ambulances and more broadly human shields for
terrorism. President Trump understands the impossible situation this
tactic creates for Israel and holds Hamas entirely responsible."
Netanyahu could live stream himself eating a Palestinian baby and
telling the camera “I am eating this baby because I love genocide,” and
the next day Trump’s podium people would be responding to questions from
the press by shrieking “HAMAS!” with their fingers in their ears.
To be helpful I have written some headlines the western press can use
to frame Israel executing 15 medical workers in the most positive light
possible:
"Fifteen medical workers pause rescue duties following bullet-related incident
Rescue workers, vehicles found in shallow grave after perishing for mysterious and unknowable reasons
Israeli forces appear to be suspected of possibly accidentally firing on ambulance staff by mistake, perchance
Medical workers killed by IDF, says Hamas-affiliated United Nations
IDF assists medical workers in locating scene of latest massacre in Gaza
Jews in New York City feeling unsafe, unsupported in wake of latest Israel controversy
IDF to launch investigation into alleged IDF oopsie-poopsie in Gaza
The universe is an ineffable mystery; objectivity is a myth and our
finite primate brains were not evolved to comprehend any ultimate truths
about absolute reality in its naked form
Gunshots heard in the Middle East. A flashing siren. Innocence no more.
IDF hunted and slaughtered 15 healthcare workers and buried them and
their vehicles to try to cover it up, please don’t fire me, that’s what
happened, I’m just trying to do my job"
Not taking a position on Gaza is taking a position on Gaza. One you’ll have to live with for the rest of your life.
The mass media are giving so much more attention to this past weekend’s anti-Trump protests
than they ever gave the anti-genocide protests because that is their
job. It’s their job to amplify opposition between the two mainstream
parties while marginalizing those who oppose the crimes of both.
Movements which keep people plugged in to the two-party sock puppet
show will always be amplified and encouraged, while movements which
highlight the abusiveness of the U.S. empire regardless of who happens
to be in office will always be ignored at best and smeared at worst.
That’s why we’ve seen so much attention go into Trumpism and
anti-Trumpism while genuine anti-war movements struggle to get off the
ground, and while pro-Palestine demonstrators are slandered as
anti-semitic terrorist supporters.
As long as people can be herded into supporting either of the two
mainstream parties against the other, they are fully plugged in to the
artificially manufactured worldview which protects the interests of
oligarchy and empire. When people draw attention to the tyranny and
abuse of the U.S. empire itself without getting drawn in to the
two-handed puppet show of party politics, they unplug their minds from
this worldview the propagandists have worked so hard to plug them in to.
As long as enough people are either screaming “Trump!” or “Not
Trump!”, the empire’s crimes can continue unimpeded. Only when people
stop clapping along with the puppet show and start fighting against the
empire itself will there be real change in a positive direction. This
means opposing the abuses that are advanced by both parties like war,
genocide, militarism, imperialism, capitalism, Zionism, and
authoritarianism. Until then their political energy will keep being
steered in directions which pose no threat to the powerful, like we’re
seeing with these anti-Trump protests.
I’ve been seeing a lot of antiwar Trump supporters finally starting
to admit that they were duped, and beginning to turn against him. I
won’t join the voices slamming them for supporting Trump in the first
place; I’ll only say welcome aboard, and congrats on being better people
than everyone else who voted for Trump.
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