If there’s one phrase I’ve got sick of hearing, apropos a heavily militarized and nuclear-capable state’s bombardment of a country that doesn’t even have an army, it’s “Israel has a right to defend itself”. This is morally abhorrent coming from politicians, and now Hollywood is getting in on the act. So this is poem is for Sly, Arnie and the 198 other yahoos who signed that idiotic document calling for peace while tacitly allowing the continued offences of the aggressor. SELF-DEFENCE: A GOVERNMENT APPROVED GUIDE “ Israel has a right to defend itself as a sovereign country…” – DAVID CAMERON “ I have consistently defended Israel’s right to defend itself, and that includes doing what it needs to do…” – BARACK OBAMA And the playground bully has a right to defend himself against the smaller kid huddled in the corner with a bloody nose so let’s hear it for the prefects who stand back and let him get on with it, let him do what he needs to do. And the housebreaker has a right to defend himself, against the victim who happens to be home just like the mugger has a right to defend himself against the victim who happens to be out so let’s hear it for the ease with which the knife and the cosh were put in their hands. And the police in riot gear have a right to defend themselves against the words and banners of people armed only with words and banners so let’s hear it for batons and tear gas and water cannons, the taxes we pay to kit them out. And tanks have a right to defend themselves against borders and boundaries and bombers have a right to defend themselves against sets of co-ordinates and battleships have a right to defend themselves against the other country’s territorial waters and snipers have a right to defend themselves against whomever loses their nerve and breaks cover and the bullet has a right to defend itself against flesh and cartilage and blood and skin so let’s hear it for the firepower that does what it needs to do and teaches the poor and the weak who’s boss. And the trade in arms has a right to defend itself against morality against lawfulness against public opinion against life against liberty against anything that jeopardizes a fall in profits so let’s hear it for governments let’s hear it for lobbyists let’s hear it for the media let’s hear it for the polished soundbites of a man in a suit putting his mouth where someone else’s money is.
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 11:08:58 +0000
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