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• Monday, January 5, 2009 09:09 AM

  oh please, get out of town with this nonsense

  What's America got to do with it?

  Everything. I'm not even going to bother going into the history of American support for Israeli war crimes. You'll just try and muck up the argument and turn it into a semantic debate anyway, complete with the usual talking points, like these:

  did you oppose American retaliation against al Qaida after 9/11 because it would just made them mad? Should Israelis refuse to defend themselves because some Americans think the US isn't able to protect its own citizens? If terrorists start shooting rockets into your neighborhood, will you demand that the US military let them keep doing it because if we stop them and the Canadians applaud our efforts then they might attack Canada next?

  Here we go. The same old framing techniques. The "what would you do?" scenario that is totally irrelevant. It seems to be a big propaganda point for the apologists lately. Doesn't your dishonesty in framing issues ever get tiring, or nag on your conscious? Let me answer that: Of course not because people like you have no conscious when it comes to Israel, just a blank slate to be filled with propaganda. Just the way the establishment likes it.

  Or are only American lives worth anything to you?

  Yes. As an AMERICAN, American lives come before Israeli lives, Palestinian lives, Australian lives, Canadian lives, and all live in between. But American lives are obviously worth nothing to you, as you dishonestly frame everything from am Israel-first perspective with no regard for how such dishonestly will affect worldwide perceptions of the citizens of the United States. Why do you have such contempt for American citizens?

  —Chris Sinnard Read Chris Sinnard's other letters
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