Sunday, January 08, 2006
With Ariel Sharon apparently on his deathbed, the man has had enough impact to warrant a word or two. Don't speak ill of the dead they say so it's a good thing this post goes up while I still have time.
The Butcher of Beirut as he was famously known is now being described as a man of peace by Bush. While we're at it, let's just give the Nobel Peace Prize to bin Laden.
Why such a lovely nickname?
Well kids, it was the early 80s. Michael Jackson was just beginning to plant his feet in the world of music, Muhammad Ali had been knocked out cold by a man whose name no one remembers, and leather jackets were the latest fashion trend. Meanwhile, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict was not much different from where it is now.
Sharon was
then the defence minister with a part of Lebanon occupied in the name of battling terrorism. Not sure how many 'terrorists' they killed but ended up butchering the entire population of two Palestinian refugee camps inside the Lebanese border. And we haven't even talked about his acts after taking over the leadership of the country.
Now before I start getting angry 'anonymous' comments, do yourselves a favor and look up Elie Hobeika, an Israeli ex-commander who after agreeing to provide evidence to the International Court of Justice in Brussels against Sharon for the 1982 massacres was 'mysteriously' murdered in a car bombing. If still not satisfied, try to locate the report of the Israeli Kahan commission of inquiry into this matter which found him 'personally responsible.'
Coming from a generation that survived the holocaust, the man must have had steels of nerve to do what he did. Irrespective of which religion a person believes in, they should be downright scared to meet their creator after such atrocities. Ironically, he probably imagines to have escaped; I'd pay my life savings to see the look on his face when......
The Butcher of Beirut as he was famously known is now being described as a man of peace by Bush. While we're at it, let's just give the Nobel Peace Prize to bin Laden.
Why such a lovely nickname?
Well kids, it was the early 80s. Michael Jackson was just beginning to plant his feet in the world of music, Muhammad Ali had been knocked out cold by a man whose name no one remembers, and leather jackets were the latest fashion trend. Meanwhile, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict was not much different from where it is now.
Sharon was
then the defence minister with a part of Lebanon occupied in the name of battling terrorism. Not sure how many 'terrorists' they killed but ended up butchering the entire population of two Palestinian refugee camps inside the Lebanese border. And we haven't even talked about his acts after taking over the leadership of the country.Now before I start getting angry 'anonymous' comments, do yourselves a favor and look up Elie Hobeika, an Israeli ex-commander who after agreeing to provide evidence to the International Court of Justice in Brussels against Sharon for the 1982 massacres was 'mysteriously' murdered in a car bombing. If still not satisfied, try to locate the report of the Israeli Kahan commission of inquiry into this matter which found him 'personally responsible.'
Coming from a generation that survived the holocaust, the man must have had steels of nerve to do what he did. Irrespective of which religion a person believes in, they should be downright scared to meet their creator after such atrocities. Ironically, he probably imagines to have escaped; I'd pay my life savings to see the look on his face when......
Faraz Ahmed 11:21 p.m.
1 Comments:
Atrocities? Scared to meet his creator? He likely believes that what he did will get him one step closer to Heaven and earn him God's favour. It's funny how many religions attack each other and each believes that it is in this way that each will attain heaven. Kind of sad too because either one of the groups or none of the groups is right because all of them can't be right.
We should all hope that the religion in whose name we're doing our atrocious acts prays to the correct God :). And each religion has atrocious actions regardless of how one would like to argue it.
We should all hope that the religion in whose name we're doing our atrocious acts prays to the correct God :). And each religion has atrocious actions regardless of how one would like to argue it.
