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Monday, July 31, 2006

Nader Atassi Jr.

Beirut - Lebanon | July 17

What I'm about to say, i do not say because i'm a peace loving, ganja smoking, grateful dead listening hippie, but because i dislike the idea of organized governements sending the little men out killing innocent civilians. What i want to say is "Food not Bombs".
I'm 16 years old, and I live in Beirut, Lebanon, as i have for ten years now. I am an American/Syrian citizen. And i find the hypocrisy so overt, so out there, so obvious to any human, that if you do not see it you are simply an idiot. Everyone sees it, but why does noone outside the arab region say anything? Everyone sees Bush, standing by Israel, saying it has a right to defend itself. And I'm sure EVERYONE knows that Bush is simply saying this to stand by his fuck buddy. But why do i hear nothing from anybody? Everyone sees that it's complete bullshit that Israel is targeting only Hizbollah, as the whole of Lebanon is being effected. So why does noone say anything?! How can the American news media be so biased? How come all i see on the American news channels is "8 civilians killed in Haifa"? This madness has to stop. This is the same load of crap we have seen from politics since the beginning of time. We shouldn't stand to be lied to. We shouldn't except Israel's bullshit reasons for attacking us, we shouldn't except the hesitancy of the politicians outside of lebanon, we shouldn't except the suffering of innocents, and we definintely shouldn't except Israeli and American propaganda. Yes i said it...PROPAGANDA. This war has nothing to do with what is happening now. It has to do with past alliances, it has to geopolitics and positioning and all this load of other crap that you and i have got nothing to do with.
If you have any intelligence at all, after reading this email, your response should be "Well duh! Tell me something i don't know". And i hope this is so. Fuck this war, fuck propaganda, fuck the torture and murder of innocents. We must rise as youth, these are our streets and our future, let's make our voice heard. I've seen all you kids walking around school with huge peace signs on your backpacks. You want peace? Prove it. Food not bombs.
posted by SAVE LEBANON, @ 8:07 AM, , (0) comments