tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post6493615009575717844..comments2024-03-04T10:20:10.154+00:00Comments on Anna Chen: Madam Miaow Says: Israel attacks humanitarian aid flotilla off Gaza killing 16 civiliansMadam Miaowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-11735807342455504772010-06-03T01:28:51.890+01:002010-06-03T01:28:51.890+01:00Unlike you hasbara merchants who think the IDF did...Unlike you hasbara merchants who think the IDF did a fine job.Madam Miaowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-79666852015584399352010-06-02T23:27:10.079+01:002010-06-02T23:27:10.079+01:00Jasmine is right... you seem particularly suscepti...Jasmine is right... you seem particularly susceptible to conspiracy theory, not to mention prejudice and bias.mantecanauthttp://mantecanaut.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-34862978094663146392010-06-01T13:03:52.239+01:002010-06-01T13:03:52.239+01:00Trouble is, Labour wasn't much better when Isr...Trouble is, Labour wasn't much better when Israel bombarded Gaza. <br><br>I'm glad there's been a UN resolution condemning the flotilla murders but will it have teeth?<br><br>The FO is being obstructive and not helping the families of the British activists. For god's sake, this is kidnapping. Get them back home.Madam Miaowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-36305179635599403772010-06-01T12:52:32.753+01:002010-06-01T12:52:32.753+01:00David Cameron and his weasel words, don't our ...David Cameron and his weasel words, don't our elected politicians have any principles left? When is a wrong not a wrong?IgglePigglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087936277861141949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-49331002846658813642010-05-31T23:17:21.622+01:002010-05-31T23:17:21.622+01:00Jasmine, you seem to have developed a weird compet...Jasmine, you seem to have developed a weird competitive compulsion to demonstrate what you think is intellectual superiority in this thread and now the one about China banning torture.<br><br>Do you have a blog by any chance?Madam Miaowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-64068817883584940672010-05-31T22:34:44.050+01:002010-05-31T22:34:44.050+01:00"you're right - they waited till the...er..."you're right - they waited till the...er...BP oil spill to hide what asssholes they are."<br><br>I said nothing of the sort. My comment (rather simply) stated that Israel (like all powers) seeks to manipulate how its story is told. That they have an eye to the US's perception is indisputable and doesn't require any conspiracy.rustbeltradicalhttp://rustbeltradical.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-60847455652720577592010-05-31T21:49:57.639+01:002010-05-31T21:49:57.639+01:00Imagine. The two events aren't related. Try, r...Imagine. The two events aren't related. Try, really try. I mean...think of it...Israel lashing out even without a reason. <br><br>Nah...couldn't be..you're right - they waited till the...er...BP oil spill to hide what asssholes they are.<br><br>Anything else is naive right?Jasminehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13903075606150685402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-57533948369766716622010-05-31T21:42:18.753+01:002010-05-31T21:42:18.753+01:00The Israelis broke the ceasefire with Hamas on the...The Israelis broke the ceasefire with Hamas on the day of the US elections in November, 2008. Utterly calculated. I have no idea if the curs who run the IDF had a thought about the BP spill, but I am pretty confident they thought, are constantly thinking, how to best present themselves (to a certain segment of the world- they could give a damn about the rest, Mark Regev is proof of that). They just murdered a score of activists; manipulating news is par for the course.rustbeltradicalhttp://rustbeltradical.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-50236496451353739152010-05-31T21:22:47.829+01:002010-05-31T21:22:47.829+01:00If you were better informed, you would recognise t...If you were better informed, you would recognise the phrase, "to bury bad news" as a trope that originated with a New Labour wonk who used a calamity to do exactly that. That's what governments do.<br><br>But evidently you aren't.Madam Miaowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-5825141081596068942010-05-31T21:04:45.610+01:002010-05-31T21:04:45.610+01:00Well if they did...it hardly WORKED did it?Are you...Well if they did...it hardly WORKED did it?<br><br>Are you seriously suggesting they said let's kill all these people while the BP thing's going on and nobody will report it? Seriously, you think that was the thinking?<br><br>Or just tortuously trying to link disparate stories like...well like conspiracy theorists do.Jasminehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13903075606150685402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-14403541159016456492010-05-31T20:04:19.758+01:002010-05-31T20:04:19.758+01:00Because they never do that kind of thing, do they?...Because they never do that kind of thing, do they?Madam Miaowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-78284379759862819602010-05-31T19:29:46.565+01:002010-05-31T19:29:46.565+01:00"I wonder if they thought the BP oil spill To..."I wonder if they thought the BP oil spill Top Kill failure and the environmental catastrophe was the chance to bury bad news and carry out their own killing from above."<br><br>Clunk. The sound of two very disparate tragedies being welded together. No, MM, I think you can leave that particular piece of detective work aside for the nonce.Jasminehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13903075606150685402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-23031467797781960122010-05-31T16:57:03.962+01:002010-05-31T16:57:03.962+01:00I must Tweet that, Rustbelt. It's also a bank ...I must Tweet that, Rustbelt. It's also a bank holiday Monday here but that gives us more spare time to shine a spotlight on them. Apparently CNN just asked its audience "Who do you blame?" for the killings. Unbelievable.<br><br>Czarny Kot, looks like my figure is outdated. Most press are saying 19 while some are saying upwards of 20. About 2,000 gathered in Whitehall/Downing St, and the protesters are moving on to the Israel embassy.<br><br>Thnks, Venerable. A world of wrong but the whole world is now watching it.Madam Miaowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-16266900325673249592010-05-31T16:38:29.931+01:002010-05-31T16:38:29.931+01:00"I wonder if they thought the BP oil spill To..."I wonder if they thought the BP oil spill Top Kill failure and the environmental catastrophe was the chance to bury bad news and carry out their own killing from above."<br><br>It's a major holiday here in the States today; not for the first time does Israel commit and atrocity when the US news is on vacation. <br><br>Vile. bloody. murder.rustbeltradicalhttp://rustbeltradical.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-15059518175534023342010-05-31T10:42:29.865+01:002010-05-31T10:42:29.865+01:00Woke up to this before work this morning when the ...Woke up to this before work this morning when the death toll was 2.<br><br>That was bad enough, but the latest news makes it even more serious.<br><br>If this incident is not enough to provoke negative consequences for Israel then they can bascially do what they want.<br><br>Things like this make me wish I lived in London so that I could join in a protest rather than shaking my fist at the TV.<br><br>RIP all those who died and condolences to family and friends.Czarny Kothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17163190792839598823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-63262264690248623602010-05-31T10:39:59.862+01:002010-05-31T10:39:59.862+01:00Meanwhile, Christian Zionists in the US have come ...Meanwhile, Christian Zionists in the US have come up with a new line: criticism of the State of Israel constitutes a blasphemous attack on God Himself.<br><br>A world of WRONG ...VenerableSagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18079094267060544265noreply@blogger.com