Dudes,
It's Sam here.
One thing that pisses me off in the recent demos against the conflict in Gaza by the extreme left is the blatant hypocrisy which comes with the territory. e.g. whilst the UN, the protesters and informed opinion were criticising Israel's policy, in Iraq, Christians were being told to convert to Islam or die. No outrage there and no outrage against the massacres of Syrian and Iraq civilians which number in hundreds of thousands, but actors who have no care whatsoever in killing civilians or not. That is what gets me most about how this conflict is perceived or argued over. The hypocrisy of singling out Israel and unjustifiably demonising her.
One thing that pisses me off in the recent demos against the conflict in Gaza by the extreme left is the blatant hypocrisy which comes with the territory. e.g. whilst the UN, the protesters and informed opinion were criticising Israel's policy, in Iraq, Christians were being told to convert to Islam or die. No outrage there and no outrage against the massacres of Syrian and Iraq civilians which number in hundreds of thousands, but actors who have no care whatsoever in killing civilians or not. That is what gets me most about how this conflict is perceived or argued over. The hypocrisy of singling out Israel and unjustifiably demonising her.
Especially when Israel was founded as a left wing ideal, is EXACTLY the find of regime a left winger should approve of, in terms of free elections, free speech, equality of all citizens, gay rights etc etc; especially when compared to the rest of the regions governments. But it seems the far left would rather throw its lot in with ISIS, HAMAS, Saudi (where women can't drive) and Iran (run as a theocracy). If any one tried any of these in the west they'd be squealing about it; when the assisted suicide bill was being debated the lefties were highly critical of religions getting involved.
Yet when it comes to foreign policy....
