Topic: Israel-Palestine
Israeli Conscientious Objectors - The Shministim (The Gaza Slaughter PART 1/6) This series is dedicated to your self-respect. Modern slavery still exists. Just look at Israel - prisons inside and outside Gaza. America, is this what you really want?by Jake Towne, the Champion of the Constitution
(libertarian)
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Meet the Shministim, Israeli youths who have denied their government right to use them as slaves and fodder for war-making or war-preparation. "Selective service" as we call it here in the United States, or "Civilian Service" program as Obama and Rahm like to refer to it starting on January 20th, is simply modern slavery, no different at its heart than that of antiquity or Civil War-era times, whether the slaves are used for war or for providing work. I explained here in more detail my statement against Obama on his support of a military draft back in July of last year. (photos)
The Shministim claim that there are two huge lies in progress:
Israel is "defending" itself against the Palestinians
All Israelis support their government's policy of endless war against Palestinian civilians.
On the first point, just look at the causalities. Israel at best has a handful dead from rockets. This AP article has Israeli rescue services claiming 48 Israelis wounded, mostly with "light injuries." The Palestinians are being dive-bombed and slaughtered, with over 400 dead and close to 2,000 wounded. Even when if one assumes there is legitimate Palestinian instigation (and there likely is), guess who is on the "defensive" side here? As Jahfre Fire Eater reported in his article "Pay-Per-View War?", the Israeli Defense Forces have started a YouTube channel with footage of Palestinian insurgents getting killed. I dare them to show all 2,400 casualities.
On the second point, the Shministim's very existence proves that individuals like you and I can be slaughtered, but freedom can never die.
If you want, join a Facebook group here, over 3,000 strong of mostly college-aged Americans, who are Obama's choice of cannon fodder, probably second only to new immigrants.
"I refuse to enlist in the Israeli military on conscientious grounds. I am not willing to become part of an occupying army, that has been an invader of foreign lands for decades, which perpetuates a racist regime of robbery in these lands, tyrannizes civilians and makes life difficult for millions under a false pretext of security."
- Ms. Tamar Katz, shministim, imprisoned by the Israeli government for 61 days in the closing months of 2008
"A primary purpose of a draft or other such institution is to instill, by intimidation, in the young males of a society the uncritical conviction that the government is omnipotent. Even more interesting is the process by which a young man's parents, who purportedly love him, can be induced to send him off to war to his death. The draft (Selective Service, etc.) is an institution of compulsory collective sacrifice and slavery, devised by the middle-aged and elderly for the purpose of pressing the young into doing the public dirty work. It further serves to make the youth as guilty as the elders, thus making criticism of the elders by the youth less likely, a kind of generational stabilizer." - Anonymous
"Young people are not raw material to be employed by the political class on behalf of whatever fashionable political, military, or social cause catches its fancy. In a free society, their lives are not the playthings of government."
- Ron Paul from The Revolution: A Manifesto
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction"
Anderson Cooper: "Senator Obama, should women register for Selective Service?"
Barack Obama: "...I think that if women are registered for service -- not necessarily in combat roles, and I don't agree with the draft -- I think it will help to send a message to my two daughters that they've got obligations to this great country as well as boys do." (Source)
[ I ] "will restore the ethic of public service to the agenda of today's youth, whether it be serving their local communities in such roles as teachers or first responders, or serving in the military to keep our nation free and safe." - Barack Obama, barackobama.com
America, what's going to be? It's time to pick sides. Slavery or freedom? A cowed state of fear or liberty? The choice is really that stark. Or has the rot in your head, the rot in the Republic sunk too deep?
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
If everybody pays the fee all together, it'll get to be fairly cheap. Semper fidelis, I remain,
Cynthia McKinney and the Israeli Attacks on the Dignity and USS Liberty (The Gaza Slaughter 4/6) Published: January 4, 2009 The recent episode of Cynthia McKinney's defenseless ship getting rammed by the Israeli Navy reminds me of the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty some forty years ago. The story of the men on board the USS Liberty is one that every American should be fully aware of when discussing the Middle East and Israel. And who are the real heroes?
Ron Paul and I Stand Alone on Gaza and Israel (The Gaza Slaughter 5/6) Published: January 4, 2009 Although outvoted last year in the House by a vote of 404-1 on the Gaza situation, Ron Paul declared America's tacit blessing for other nations to start violence preemptive wars as intolerable. I agreed in an article on Kosovo where our embassy was attacked. But did you know some Israeli IDF soldiers agree with us?
Ron Paul Shows Some Outrage (The Gaza Slaughter - Epilogue) Published: January 11, 2009 Congress votes (again) 390-5 to wholeheartedly condemn Hamas and support Israeli military aggression. "This is not in the interest of the United States; it's not in the interests of Israel either." - Ron Paul
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Hi Jake, another good article! young people are jailed the world over for refusing to serve in their country's military, usually for the same amount of time as the service. the labor for war is servitude, the capital is usually fabricated out of nothing or extracted from the citizens. and the whole thing is usually done under the guise of "freedom or liberty". the wonder is how any of this is acceptable to people at large?
Posted By: Jake, the champion of the constitution
Date: 2009-01-01 23:50:37
gene -
thanks dude. this is a pretty volatile topic, dare I say even "taboo"?? for Americans, I hope to get this series finished up soon and see if i can anything resembling a rational debate started.
T-minus 118 days, surviving the first 100 days of Obama will be important. More and more it looks like he is going to continue Bush's effort and finish off the free market, as well as the wars.
What people fail to realize - and this is from my perspective - economic freedom goes hand-in-hand with personal freedom, assaults against either must be firmly rejected. No compromising there. Tu ne cede malis.
I've already gone on record that Israel's alliance with the United States must be ended. My patience with Israel at seeking a fair and honorable settlement with the Palestinians has completely run out. Now, let's just cut off Israel and make it pay for its abuses. Hamas is a terrorist organization, but Israel is no better. Even if I were a religious Jew, I'd be outraged at the Nazi-like tactics being used by fellow Jews over there.
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"A primary purpose of a draft or other such institution is to instill, by intimidation, in the young males of a society the uncritical conviction that the government is omnipotent. Even more interesting is the process by which a young man's parents, who purportedly love him, can be induced to send him off to war to his death. The draft (Selective Service, etc.) is an institution of compulsory collective sacrifice and slavery, devised by the middle-aged and elderly for the purpose of pressing the young into doing the public dirty work. It further serves to make the youth as guilty as the elders, thus making criticism of the elders by the youth less likely, a kind of generational stabilizer." - Anonymous