Or are they senseless? This one killed at least 10 people. The subliminal messages that leak into these stories are amazing. So, this story says that they were “targeting” Zarqawi, though it demonstrates only that they killed a bunch of people. The same story also says that they are wondering whether or not Moqtada al-Sadr’s ‘intentions’ are good. What possible reason could anyone have to doubt US ‘intentions’? Other than the periodic murders of houses full of people, families, wedding parties; the pillage and plunder; the looting and insecurity; the joke of ‘reconstruction’; the house raids and humiliation; the checkpoints and the arrogance…
And, in other ‘why do they hate us’ news, another story about starvation in Gaza. There is something missing from this story, however. An aid worker is quoted as saying: “the situation will not improve in the long-term unless the underlying cause is addressed: poverty.” What’s missing here is that the poverty itself is an effect of something, not just a cause of hunger. The poverty is a direct effect of the closures policy that has denied Gazans any access to employment (before 2000, most worked in Israel itself), causing unemployment to be near complete. Remember that Gaza is a prison. Israel holds the key. And Israel has deliberately decided to keep the place locked, and watch the prisoners starve. Even — no, especially — the children.
