Over on her WOW blog, Pat Taub posts a strong piece about “When Genocide Becomes Normalized.” She asks for comments. The following was my comment:
I don’t think think that most people realize that Israel is about the size of Massachusetts and Palestine is about the size of Philadelphia. So, here’s my solution if we in America really want to stop the carnage. Israel is a sovereign nation ruled by its elected government, so if it is conducting genocide, which it is, it should be left to it’s own resources to do any fighting it continues to do. We should not be sending the Israely government military aid of any kind — soldiers or weaponry. To appease the supporters of Israel, we say that we are not stopping their government, but neither are we helping them. This is their choice to wage their war the way their leader decided. There is a big disconnect between the Israely government and the Israely people. We support all Israely people.
The Palestinian’s hate the US as much as they hate Israel. Any US troops will likely be fired upon. Are we not going to shoot back? These people cannot be dealt with in a peaceful manor. The time has come and gone.