Comments on the Israelis in Gaza

Link: http://groups.google.com/group/talking-stick-news/browse_thread/thread/569a1d3457b150f9?hl=en

Ed's post on the Google group list a few days ago reminds us that the misery of the Palestinians in Gaza is unabated and the Israeli govrernment's oppression is relentless.  But it is difficult to tolerate the feelings of helplessnes with the reading.  I also fear to focus solely on the current oppression runs the risk of fomenting more anti-Semitism and plays into the hands of the Neo-Cons in enabling their agenda of power through provoking chaos in the Middle East.

My response to the post repeated here  was more on the human level:

Thanks for reminding us Ed.  I know Tom will be particularly appreciative as he has also taken on this cause.

I fear the Israelis have crossed a line behind which they cannot retreat and there are gallons more blood to be shed..  Forgiveness will come with difficulty.

Though the responsibility of personal conscience has been, if tenuously, established I lay heavy blame at the feet of the U.S. corporate politicians. They have not only supported and enabled through supply of horrendous weaponry but in recent years incited a profoundly wounded people to unspeakable behavior..

This generation of nations that has received the gifts of Nuremberg, Gandhi, Mandela and King now seems determined to turn away from those great lessons of peace.

Not to compare my experiences with those much less fortunate but to provide perhaps some insight into the lingering aftermath at the personal level. I just wrote in my online personal journal a bit about the still present feelings just the movie The Grapes of Wrath. brings 
forth. http://firefliesandbonfires.com/weblog