Let me describe a country to you. Read this to the end.
The people of the country are oppressed. There is a constant military presence from an occupying force. The citizens are openly told they are inferior to their oppressors on a constant basis.
Speaking out against your oppressors can get you imprisoned or put to death.
The citizens are told they have freedom, yet they are taxed mercilessly. Possessions are limited and only at the allowance of the occupiers. Travel is restricted and in many or most cases not allowed.
Food is limited. Malnutrition is common and some are known to starve to death.
Through all of this, the oppressed are told by their oppressors that they should be thankful and grateful to the oppressors.
With years of these conditions, a civilian militia arises to fight back against the oppressors. The citizens are not allowed a formal militia, so they use smuggled and homemade weapons. Children as young as 12 years old are willing members of the militia. They attack using guerrilla tactics by any means available to them. Their oppressors call them terrorists, crude and dishonorable. Yet the civilian militia fights on for the freedom of their country, even at the cost of their lives.
So, you think the country I am describing is Palestine, right? Dead wrong.
The country I just described is America and the conditions which led to the American Revolution.
I don't find much different in what the Palestinians are seeking from what Americans were seeking over 200 years ago. Representation. Free trade. Freedom of speech. Freedom of religion. Not having a constant military presence. Lower taxes. Safety. Enough food to eat. Freedom of travel. Self esteem. Political recognition.
In this case, they also want clean water, which they primarily lack.
Something we should remember is that America did not win the American Revolution without help from other countries. We had help. Lots of it. From Spain, France, Russia, the Netherlands.
I am fully expecting to see Palestine start receiving help in the very near future from many countries in the region. Turkey, Qatar, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, possibly Egypt and the UAE. Israel is not a popular country in that region. Then, if we stick our noses in any further to support Israel, I expect to see Russia and China step in on the side of Palestine.
This may well be the beginning of Armageddon. It can be diverted but only if we are willing to do what needs to be done, which is reining in the actions of Israel.
The people of the country are oppressed. There is a constant military presence from an occupying force. The citizens are openly told they are inferior to their oppressors on a constant basis.
Speaking out against your oppressors can get you imprisoned or put to death.
The citizens are told they have freedom, yet they are taxed mercilessly. Possessions are limited and only at the allowance of the occupiers. Travel is restricted and in many or most cases not allowed.
Food is limited. Malnutrition is common and some are known to starve to death.
Through all of this, the oppressed are told by their oppressors that they should be thankful and grateful to the oppressors.
With years of these conditions, a civilian militia arises to fight back against the oppressors. The citizens are not allowed a formal militia, so they use smuggled and homemade weapons. Children as young as 12 years old are willing members of the militia. They attack using guerrilla tactics by any means available to them. Their oppressors call them terrorists, crude and dishonorable. Yet the civilian militia fights on for the freedom of their country, even at the cost of their lives.
So, you think the country I am describing is Palestine, right? Dead wrong.
The country I just described is America and the conditions which led to the American Revolution.
I don't find much different in what the Palestinians are seeking from what Americans were seeking over 200 years ago. Representation. Free trade. Freedom of speech. Freedom of religion. Not having a constant military presence. Lower taxes. Safety. Enough food to eat. Freedom of travel. Self esteem. Political recognition.
In this case, they also want clean water, which they primarily lack.
Something we should remember is that America did not win the American Revolution without help from other countries. We had help. Lots of it. From Spain, France, Russia, the Netherlands.
I am fully expecting to see Palestine start receiving help in the very near future from many countries in the region. Turkey, Qatar, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, possibly Egypt and the UAE. Israel is not a popular country in that region. Then, if we stick our noses in any further to support Israel, I expect to see Russia and China step in on the side of Palestine.
This may well be the beginning of Armageddon. It can be diverted but only if we are willing to do what needs to be done, which is reining in the actions of Israel.
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