NOVANEWS
by Paul Balles
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. –Eric Hoffer
Former American President Jimmy Carter commented on the kind of state terrorism reflected in American actions in Guantanamo Bay and other places as a disgrace to the U.S.A.:
“I wouldn’t say it’s the cause of terrorism, but it has given impetus and excuses to potential terrorists to lash out at our country and justify their despicable acts.”
“Terrorism” and “terrorists” are the key labels of warmongers working to instil fear into the public to justify military slaughtering. Just about anyone who refuses to comply with the dictates of pre-emptive military states can be targeted.
The amazing part of this charade is that the labels are used by the states to justify outright murders while indulging in the same behaviour under a different name.
A young Palestinian blows himself up as a reaction to his family’s deaths by phosphorous bombs. He’s a “terrorist”.
The bombers are defenders of their security, but not terrorists.
Israel admits that it used phosphorus shells “against military targets in open ground” in south Lebanon. However, the Lebanese reported the Israelis used them against civilians.
If a family member of a dead civilian retaliates against Israelis, that’s “terrorism”.
Israel’s choice of civilian-killing tools and where they’re used is not terrorism but “self-defence”.
In Gaza, 67 schools receive bombs from Israel in 22 days of war. That’s not terrorism but self-defence. Does Israel argue that those 67 schools would produce future terrorists?
America, NATO and ISAF invade Afghanistan to capture and/or kill Al-Qaeda terrorists. It’s done. We’re still there terrorising Afghans.
American Terrorist