FREE SPEECH TV: Cynthia McKinney's Private War Against Israel
Where does one begin, in trying to make sense of the mutterings of former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, who put her rabidly anti-Israel, anti-American sentiments on display last night in an interview with Amy Goodman, the hardcore radical who hosts the leftist forum Democracy Now?
McKinney recently returned to the U.S. from the Middle East, where, at the request of her friends at Free Gaza–a coalition of anti-Israel groups whose stated aim is to draw attention to the Jewish state’s “transgressions†against Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other such terrorist organizations–she and a small band of 20 fellow activists attempted to sail through an Israeli naval blockade of the Gaza region.
In her interview with Goodman, McKinney offered a moving yet totally fictional account of a peaceful Gazan populace that was being systematically starved and abused by the Israeli military’s blockade of its (Hamas-ruled) territory. This blockade, said McKinney, constitutes “a gross injustice that is being carried out every day†in violation of “the human rights of the Palestinian people.†“Of course the world saw Operation Cast Lead [Israel’s bombardment of Hamas strongholds that began last December],†McKinney elaborated, “where the United States-supplied F-16s, white phosphorus, depleted uranium, cluster bombs … were rained down on the defenseless people of Gaza,†resulting in their “complete and utter devastation.â€
McKinney made no mention of the fact that Operation Cast Lead was carried out in an effort to thwart the ceaseless barrage of rockets that Hamas and its terrorist comrades had been launching with impunity into southern Israel for many months.
Free Gaza, the coalition under whose auspices McKinney made her trek to Gaza, includes, as one of its member organizations, the International Solidarity Movement — a terrorist-sympathizing group that openly cooperates with Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and other groups whose sole aim is the complete destruction of the State of Israel.
What Free Gaza wanted from McKinney and her entourage was to have them try to sail through Israel’s naval blockade to deliver “humanitarian supplies,” thereby drawing world attention to a supposed oppressor’s brutal tactics of subjugation (or, to paraphrase Orwell’s sheep in Animal Farm, “Palestine gooood, Israel baaaad“). This was the second time that McKinney has attempted to do this; on neither occasion did her stunts gain much traction in the media.
The Israelis seized McKinney’s ship after it ignored radio transmissions ordering it to turn around, and announced that they would free the crew and passengers after processing them. That could have been the end of it. But, true to form, McKinney and her cohorts quickly became belligerent. When they refused to sign Israeli deportation forms, they were arrested and held in jail until they could be formally deported by an Israeli judge.
“The Israelis hijacked us because we wanted to give crayons to the children of Gaza,” was how McKinney characterized the incident.
Interesting assessment, but don’t spend too much time trying to understand it. It really isn’t worth the effort. Amy Goodman, for one, accepted it without question.
Incidentally, McKinney will be happy to know that the Israelis have generously offered to deliver any crayons that they find on the ship to Hamas for distribution.
How can any sane person understand how McKinney and others are such ardent supporters of terrorists?
I think she ought to be required to live in all of the places that terrorist’s target so the fantasy world in which she lives brings her back to reality.
What a worthless human being you are. I bet you claim to be Christian, right? Even if you are not a Christian, it will suffice to be a human being with a soul to understand the depth of your pure gibberish. Terrorists is a word that you like to throw around like a punching-bag. It is a catch -all phrase that you and your ilk use in denouncing anything that goes against the American, israeli agenda. I am sure you are well aware of the “war” on Gaza, where many INNOCENT Palestinians, men, women, and children who lost their lives in a horrific barrage of depleted uranium and bomb shells. Did you ever look at those bombs and ask yourself, ” which poor soul was unfortunate enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.” Homes, schools, and hospitals were not immune from the constant barrage of fire from above. These people did nothing to deserve this, they were merely ponds in the larger political food fight between Hamas, israel, and the United States. Actions by a handful of people should not bring about the blind death and destruction that was visited on the long suffering people of Gaza. Walled in on all sides, an already poor and under resourced population was helpless to escape the hell of their own reality. Shame on you, you worthless shell of a human being. It is men like you that have throughout history caused the minds of men to wilt in righteous indignation. Producing hate and misinformation, you have quieted the conscious of men. Instead of lamenting the death of people far away, you have managed to offer reasons for those actions. You are no less a “terrorist” or “savage” than those you so often accuse. IF you are a man of integrity, I want you to leave this post as to offer a balance that is so desperately needed.
Whow! Samson your outrage is exhilarating. Could you point me towards some of your posts on the Sri Lankan offensive against the Tamils recently? I assume you wrote some as over 200 times as many people were killed as were in Gaza. I assume so, unless of course you are an utter [word beginning with c]
Why does ANYONE on this list or elsewhere even bother to listen to what Cynthia McKinney writes or speaks? She is/was one of the most corrupt members of congress; she defied U.S. standing orders not to visit Libya. She is a JOKE.
And I TIRE of those who while they see through the Cynthia McKinney’s STILL prop up Martin Luther King (not his real name by the way) by that tired “content of character” quote. I live in Alabama. I saw King and his minions up close and personal. He was trained and schooled by communists in Tennessee; both he and Rosa Parks.
I could write you a book about the immorality that took place on MLK’s Selma to Montgomery march. WHAT A PITY THAT THIS REPROBATE REPLACED George Washington with his own personal holiday while George Washington is “lumped in” with President’s Day .
Nice post, Samson. Very nice. It certainly displays your sense of history and incisive view of current events. Now, if you would, go lick your bowl and lie down in the corner. Someone will take you out for a walk this afternoon.
It’s always one-sided when it comes to those who hate Israel. They avoid the issues, like HAMAS sending thousands of rockets into Israel since they took over Gaza, because they are alwways about bloame and crushing their enemies, at any cost….G-d is against these arrogant Cynthia McKinney types who curse Israel. Genesis 12:3
Long past time to expose black anger, hatred/jealousy of Israel; the arrogant black supremacists have co-opted the legacy of Martin Luther King, which is to judge by the content of one’s character.
http://www.rbgtube.com/play.php?vid=3989