No Miracle This Time At QanaBy Eric Margolis
July 31st, 2006
The spreading war in Lebanon and the ghastly massacre at Qana has bared the bizarre contradictions and self-destructive nature of US Mideast policy.
With one hand, the US sends $30 million of food and blankets to Lebanon for the 20% of its population made refugees by the American-encouraged Israeli bombing.
With the other, it rushes planeloads of precision bombs to Israel, one of which may have destroyed a UN border observer post, killing four UN soldiers. A decade ago, Israeli shells killed 100 civilians seeking shelter at the main UN compound in Qana, the town where Christ turned water to wine.
In Washington, the US Congress voted unanimously on 18 June to condemn Hamas and Hizbullah, and supporting `Israel’s right to self-defense.’ The House voted 410 to 8 for the resolution after a provision urging all sides to `respect civilian life’ was actually dropped from the bill by Congressmen slavering to show their loyalty to Israel. (….Full Article)
