'Man of peace'? Ariel Sharon was the champion of violent solutions
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'Man of peace'? Ariel Sharon was the champion of violent solutions
by Avi Shlaim
Let us write the history we know, not what the sirens of death whisper.
Nov. 20, 2012, Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: 2-year-old Suhaib Hijazi and his older brother Muhammad were killed when their house was destroyed by an Israeli missile strike. Their father, Fouad, was also killed and their mother was put in intensive care. Fouad’s brothers carry his children to the mosque for the burial ceremony as his body is carried behind on a stretcher. - [Paul Hansen, Sweden, Dagens Nyheter/Courtesy]
A genuinely great man's memorial service hijacked by The Annual General Meeting of Narcissists .
Ironic that even post mortem Mandela managed to make our politicians look like shallow, preening poseurs.
“For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” ― Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela's first interview
RIP Nelson Mandela. "Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated."
Lair In Chief .. Barack Obama.
JFK on secret societies and conspiracy
“Your love makes me strong, Your hate makes me unstoppable".” ― Cristiano Ronaldo
Except when it is US..
“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.” ― John F. Kennedy
Covering the news, 50 years later: the Guardian's Kayla Epstein (@KaylaEpstein) has built a Twitter list, Covering , showcasing how news organizations are covering the anniversary.
1) The Kennedy's receive an enthusiastic welcome in downtown Dallas. The man riding on the rear of the limousine is Secret Service agent Clint Hill. (Dallas Times Herald Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza) Friday, November 22, 1963
2) Nov. 22, 1963: President John F. Kennedy is slumped in the backseat of this car immediately after being shot in Dallas. His bodyguard Hill climbs towards Mrs Kennedy, who he says stood up in the car to reach for husband's head
3) The Rifle used in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Tex., in this Nov. 22, 1963 file photo.
4) Lyndon Baines Johnson is sworn in as the 36th President of the United States on board the presdential airplane after the assassination of President John F Kennedy. Lady Byrd Johnson is behind him (left) and the grief-stricken Jackie Kennedy (right).
5) Jacqueline Kennedy, flanked by Robert F. Kennedy While President's body is being shifted to Navy ambulance to be transported to Bethesda Naval Hospital for an autopsy. (Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)
6) Still wearing the dress and stockings spattered by her husband's blood earlier that day, Jacqueline Kennedy reaches for the door of the ambulance. The late president's brother, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, is at her right.Several times, people suggested Jacqueline might like to change out of these clothes.
“No,” she told them. “Let them see what they have done.”
(Photo by Wally McNamee/The Washington Post)
7) President Kennedy's body lies in state in the East Room of the White House early on Nov. 23. It was guarded by servicemen from each branch of the military. (Abbie Rowe/National Park Service/JFK Library)
8) Lee Harvey Oswald who shoot U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
9) Millions were watching on live television when, suddenly, a man pulled a gun said, “You killed my president,” and shot Lee Harvey Oswald inside Dallas police headquarters. At left is Detective Jim A. Leavelle. (Bob Jackson/Dallas Times-Herald via Associated Press) The man who shot Lee Harvey was nightclub owner . Oswald was taken by ambulance to Parkland Memorial, where he died at 1:07 Central time in Trauma Room 2. Medical staff hadn’t wanted to put him in Trauma Room 1. That’s where they had attended to President Kennedy 48 hours before.
10) Jacqueline Kennedy, flanked by Robert F. Kennedy, left, and Edward M. Kennedy, right, follows behind the casket of her late husband as it moves towards Arlington National Cemetery for burial. (Wally McNamee/The Washington Post)
What are we teaching our children?
The size, scope and growth of U.S. military operations on the African Continent by Nick Turse.
While Washington talks openly about rebalancing its military assets to Asia, a pivot to Africa is quietly and unmistakably underway. With the ever-present possibility of blowback from shadowy operations on the continent, the odds are that the results of that pivot will become increasingly evident, whether or not Americans recognize them as such. Behind closed doors, the military says: "Africa is the battlefield of tomorrow, today." It remains to be seen just when they'll say the same to the American people.
PAUL GOTTINGER helps us understand Savage U.S. Policies Understanding Kenya’s Westgate Mall Attack
Whenever an attack like West Gate Mall Kenya occurs, look through the hollow hysteria and seek out the true origins for the attack.
The U.S. is largely responsible for the rise of al Shabab and radical Islam in Somalia, and U.S. policies in Somalia, like in many places, have only been successful in causing death, destruction, and creating terrorists.
Al Shabab’s twitter stated, “The attack at WestGateMall (is) just a very tiny fraction of what Muslims in Somalia experience at the hands of Kenyan invaders.”
Understanding Kenya’s Westgate Mall Attack