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Letter Writer's Revenge


This Category will contain copies of letters to newspapers etc, some of which will have been published, many which will not. At least one way or another they will be published. The letter below was sent to the Mount Barker Courier, which does print my letters, and to The Australian, which never does.

I note that Alexander Downer is pontificating about the Australian vote in the United Nations to support the Apartheid/Berlin wall monstrosity in the Middle East, one of three industrialized nations to disagree with the World Court's order that the wall is illegal. The others were Israel and the United States, while the tiny Pacific island states of Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau also voted in favour of the wall. 150 countries voted against the wall in the UN. Downer asserts that the wall is necessary to protect the Israeli people, who have illegally occupied the Palestinian lands since 1967. What kind of protection would he suggest for Palestinians from the attacks by Apache helicopters, tanks, bulldozers, US high technology - not to mention the threat of the nuclear arsenal which Israel has? (Yes Alexander, there are WMD's in the Middle East). Of course Downer has the same contempt for world opinion, the UN and the World Court as does the Americans, but one should not be fooled into believing that random killing in the streets by Palestinians is the only crime being perpetrated in the conflict. A cursory search on the internet will show that the Israelis kill at least three Palestinians for each Israeli killed. But of course the US supports Israel, not the Palestinians, so what else can we do but vote with them? When it comes to a grand vision on an international scale we are right up there with the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau.

Posted: Thu - September 21, 2006 at 05:14 PM      
 
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