The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a resolution strongly defending how Israel has repelled rocket attacks.

The non-binding resolution, passed 404-1 on Wednesday, was substantially rewritten since its introduction in January to include a strident defense of recent Israeli tactics in the Gaza Strip.

New passages include one saying that “those responsible for launching rocket attacks against Israel routinely embed their production facilities and launch sites amongst the Palestinian civilian population, utilizing them as human shields” and “the inadvertent inflicting of civilian casualties as a result of defensive military operations aimed at military targets, while deeply regrettable, is not at all morally equivalent to the deliberate targeting of civilian populations as practiced by Hamas and other Gaza-based terrorist groups.”

You can read the full text of the bill – HRES 951 EH – here.

The bill was passed 404 to 1, the one being Ron Paul. Here’s his statement.

Unfortunately, legislation such as this is more likely to perpetuate violence in the Middle East than contribute to its abatement. It is our continued involvement and intervention – particularly when it appears to be one-sided – that reduces the incentive for opposing sides to reach a lasting peace agreement.

There’s a fucking Holocaust happening in Gaza and the House of Representatives is voting to support it. How will history judge America? The nation that went from being a beacon of freedom to being the most destructive force on the planet, all while it’s citizens were too busy watching TV to notice.

Add to this the fact that the US was behind the bloody civil war in Gaza last year. Here is Vanity Fair’s explosive article.

After failing to anticipate Hamas’s victory over Fatah in the 2006 Palestinian election, the White House cooked up yet another scandalously covert and self-defeating Middle East debacle: part Iran-contra, part Bay of Pigs. With confidential documents, corroborated by outraged former and current U.S. officials, David Rose reveals how President Bush, Condoleezza Rice, and Deputy National-Security Adviser Elliott Abrams backed an armed force under Fatah strongman Muhammad Dahlan, touching off a bloody civil war in Gaza and leaving Hamas stronger than ever.

There’s nothing quite like the brutality of a dying empire.

Peak oil, sub prime, good bye.

The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a resolution strongly defending how Israel has repelled rocket attacks.

The non-binding resolution, passed 404-1 on Wednesday, was substantially rewritten since its introduction in January to include a strident defense of recent Israeli tactics in the Gaza Strip.

New passages include one saying that “those responsible for launching rocket attacks against Israel routinely embed their production facilities and launch sites amongst the Palestinian civilian population, utilizing them as human shields” and “the inadvertent inflicting of civilian casualties as a result of defensive military operations aimed at military targets, while deeply regrettable, is not at all morally equivalent to the deliberate targeting of civilian populations as practiced by Hamas and other Gaza-based terrorist groups.”

You can read the full text of the bill – HRES 951 EH – here.

The bill was passed 404 to 1, the one being Ron Paul. Here’s his statement.

Unfortunately, legislation such as this is more likely to perpetuate violence in the Middle East than contribute to its abatement. It is our continued involvement and intervention – particularly when it appears to be one-sided – that reduces the incentive for opposing sides to reach a lasting peace agreement.

There’s a fucking Holocaust happening in Gaza and the House of Representatives is voting to support it. How will history judge America? The nation that went from being a beacon of freedom to being the most destructive force on the planet, all while it’s citizens were too busy watching TV to notice.

Add to this the fact that the US was behind the bloody civil war in Gaza last year. Here is Vanity Fair’s explosive article.

After failing to anticipate Hamas’s victory over Fatah in the 2006 Palestinian election, the White House cooked up yet another scandalously covert and self-defeating Middle East debacle: part Iran-contra, part Bay of Pigs. With confidential documents, corroborated by outraged former and current U.S. officials, David Rose reveals how President Bush, Condoleezza Rice, and Deputy National-Security Adviser Elliott Abrams backed an armed force under Fatah strongman Muhammad Dahlan, touching off a bloody civil war in Gaza and leaving Hamas stronger than ever.

There’s nothing quite like the brutality of a dying empire.

Peak oil, sub prime, good bye.

“Over the past few weeks we have seen the Burmese people once again display the tenacious courage of which Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was writing. In the face of a brutal regime they took to their streets in their tens of thousands, marching for their freedom and their dignity. They were met with batons and bullets. We cannot know how many were killed, but we believe it is many times more than the regime has admitted.”

Nice sentiments, Gordon. Who wrote them for you?

The piece goes on to suggest what the regime in Burma needs to do:

End the violence; release prisoners; grant effective access to the UN special rapporteur on Human Rights in Burma, Sergio Pinheiro and the International Committee of the Red Cross; and engagement in a UN-led process of national reconciliation that involves leaders of all Burma’s political opposition and ethnic groups, including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

That’s all very well, but it’s all up the regime. Friendly advice from Gordon. If they choose not to follow it, the EU might impose some sanctions or a travel ban. Everyone expresses their “revulsion” at the regime’s actions, but there is no suggestion of anything concrete being done, or any support for the disinvestment campaign.

This, from one of the world’s most powerful leaders. Writing on his favourite theme of courage while showing himself to be a craven servant of power, for ever afraid to rock the boat or risk upsetting any of the companies that are making a killing – literally – in Burma.

Complete and utter failure of political leadership. The man is an empty vessel.

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