Is shooting Palestinian ducks in the Gaza barrel a last attempt to exploit Bush's "Hate Crusade" against Muslims?

This subject is far too big for one submission even though the story is as brief as it is bloody.  It just goes back to May 14, 1948, when the UN abcadabred Israel into a real live country.

Most young people don't realize that the State of Israel is a VERY new international event, even though the vast population of Palestine has been Arabic since around the 7th Century. 

Alas, this is a subject that no matter what you say, you're going to be hated by someone.  For example, the Israeli's (now that they're there) surely have every right to defend themselves against what they call terrorists; even though for the Palestinians, the Israeli's are “invading” terrorists. 

It's pragmatic to keep people ignorant of history, since contemporary events generally take on a PROFOUNDLY different meaning in the context of history.

For example, one realistically wonders how the United States, England, Spain, Germany, or Italy (or ANY country) would have responded if Palestine was not the unwilling "host" of a brand new country, but America had been informed by the UN that Washington and Oregon were now the State of Israel. What would Russia of done, or China, or even any of the Arab states if they discovered that their ancient lands were "appropriated" by a paper UN decree (after the brutal occupation of Palestine by the British from 1920 to 1948)?

Speaking of which, the obscenity of British Colonialism was literally all over the planet for decades.  The British Empire could have taken lessons in morality from Genghis Khan.

Of course, from the Palestinian point of view, this 100% arbitrary historical event (i.e., the magic international creation of Israel in the heart of Palestine) is the alpha and omega of violence that has happened, is happening, and almost certainly will continue to happen indefinitely. 

But, when factoring in goons like Yasser Arafat, who apparently was sent by the devil to undo ANY possibility of realistic diplomacy between Israel and Palestine (in spite of some sincere efforts from the Israeli's), the whole Israeli/Palestinian "conflict" seemed hopeless.

The current goon, of course, is George W Bush who for the last eight years has:

(1.)  Basically allowed America's foreign policy to be dictated by extremist right wing Israelis, via the neocon cabal and assorted special interest elite/fundamentalist acronyms.   In short, we have been the tail wagged by the dog of "another country" -- much to the infinite shame of millions of Americans.

(2.)  Now add to this Bush's dufus religious fanaticisms (e.g., the world is going to go *boom* any day now) which blended nicely with this dog/tail arrangement and justified anti Palestine and Muslim policies that can only be described as a kind of time warp Hate Crusade against Muslims.

However, there are indications that this dog/tail relation between Israeli right wing extremists and American foreign policy may finally be on its way out, and an ironic symptom of this sea change (even before Bush is flushed down the toilet of history) is the appearance of more and more pro Israel sites on the net which remind the world that the right wing, elite/fundamentalists of Israel no more speak for the entire State of Israel than do murderous Sarah Palin-type religious wackos speak for the entire United States of America.

For example, the Labor Party of Israel is MUCH more progressive than the DLC rags that used to be America's Democratic Party; plus murder in the name of God billionaire religious fanatics (of ANY country) are increasingly seen for the sociopaths they are.

Self evidently, the Hamas bombardment in all this absolutely should not be discounted, but the world is getting sicker and sicker of hearing America’s bought and paid for media (with a few honorable exceptions) describe violence from Palestinians to Israeli’s as “terrorism”, but violence from Israeli’s to Palestinian’s is always “retaliation”.  This BS propaganda doesn’t fool chickens and ducks anymore, so how about at least a plague on both their houses?  Or better, in this lose/lose tragedy there are never any winners.

And never, NEVER forget that none of this was happening before May 14, 1948! 

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