http://codepink.org/blog/2010/03/on-war-disappointment-and-anger-alice-walker/ the Personal is Political Mon, 07 May 2012 19:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://codepink.org/blog/2010/03/on-war-disappointment-and-anger-alice-walker/comment-page-1/#comment-3263 Jim Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:11:08 +0000 http://codepink4peace.org/blog/?p=2872#comment-3263 So, while I congratulate you on your humanity and service to others, I do have some questions. Why do you care about Obama's family so much? Granted the Bush twins weren't exactly angels, but who's perfect? Who is the "enemy"? You leave that so open to interpretation that one might wonder if you imply that American politicians/soldiers/etc are the "enemy". Let us not forget the one line that stuck to me as... less than intelligent, to use a gentler language. "When the disastrous earthquake hit Haiti, even Israel sent a shipment of aid. But why not send such a shipment to Gaza, where Israel has done the damage?" I'm not going to pretend that Israel has been innocent, but did you stop to think that while resources being sent to an island no where near there land and of no real consequence to israel is one thing. Sending a truckload of supplies to the village up the road that probably has people in it that wish ill will on Israel is just feeding a determined enemy, and yes, I realize not all of them are as anti semitic as common wisdom dictates. So, while I congratulate you on your humanity and service to others, I do have some questions. Why do you care about Obama’s family so much? Granted the Bush twins weren’t exactly angels, but who’s perfect? Who is the “enemy”? You leave that so open to interpretation that one might wonder if you imply that American politicians/soldiers/etc are the “enemy”. Let us not forget the one line that stuck to me as… less than intelligent, to use a gentler language. “When the disastrous earthquake hit Haiti, even Israel sent a shipment of aid. But why not send such a shipment to Gaza, where Israel has done the damage?” I’m not going to pretend that Israel has been innocent, but did you stop to think that while resources being sent to an island no where near there land and of no real consequence to israel is one thing. Sending a truckload of supplies to the village up the road that probably has people in it that wish ill will on Israel is just feeding a determined enemy, and yes, I realize not all of them are as anti semitic as common wisdom dictates.

]]> http://codepink.org/blog/2010/03/on-war-disappointment-and-anger-alice-walker/comment-page-1/#comment-3250 Fausterhilt Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:41:47 +0000 http://codepink4peace.org/blog/?p=2872#comment-3250 I think this is a wonderful posting. I have often asked myself, "If we had just listened to those terrorists wishing to kill us, and responded with kind hearts, would they not have opened up their arms in embrace rather than try to destroy us with suicide bombs?" It is a logical argument, indeed. If we had only been able to see the "best" in them, we could have averted the terrorist attacks of 9.11.2001 and others around the world. It is so simple, yet our government decided to respond with anger rather than kindness...in the future, when we find ourselves victims of yet another terrorist bombing, we must send flowers instead of troops. Flowers win wars, not bombs. I think this is a wonderful posting. I have often asked myself, “If we had just listened to those terrorists wishing to kill us, and responded with kind hearts, would they not have opened up their arms in embrace rather than try to destroy us with suicide bombs?” It is a logical argument, indeed. If we had only been able to see the “best” in them, we could have averted the terrorist attacks of 9.11.2001 and others around the world. It is so simple, yet our government decided to respond with anger rather than kindness…in the future, when we find ourselves victims of yet another terrorist bombing, we must send flowers instead of troops. Flowers win wars, not bombs.

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