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July 30 2014
Gaza Strip: Turkey PM Says Israel Surpasses Nazi Barbarism
Added by Gregory Baskin on July 30, 2014
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister (PM) of Turkey, has compared
what Israel has done in the Gaza Strip with Hitler and the barbarism
of Hitler's Nazis. Speaking before supporters in Ordu on the Black
Sea, Erdogan blasphemed his education by being consciously inaccurate
and vile when he said " ... their barbarism has surpassed even
Hitler's."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking by phone with U.S.
Secretary of State John Kerry, reportedly blasted Erdogan's
"anti-Semitic" remarks, saying they desecrated the Holocaust. During
World War II the Nazis, led by the ascended demon named Adolf Hitler,
murdered an estimated 6 million Jews, as well as millions of Russians,
homosexuals, Gypsies and Poles.
In the current foray into the Gaza Strip, Israelis have killed
approximately 1,200 Palestinians. To be clear, Hitler and his army of
hypnotized worshippers not only killed millions of people but murdered
them, meaning that lives were terminated and family lines severed on
purpose. Anyone not consumed with their own anti-Semitism understands
the distinction
Many Arab civilians have died in the Gaza Strip. At the least, Israel
has made attempts to avoid this by warning civilians ahead of its
bombing strikes with the use of dummy bombs, text messages and
telephone calls. (Perhaps it is true, as has been reported, that the
human shields Hamas puts in harm's way are not allowed freedom of
movement, thus generously contributing to the death toll.) Even the
United States and Commander-In-Chief President Obama do less than this
when U.S. drones kill terrorists in far off lands. Like so many
guerrilla armies before it, Hamas fighters hide amongst the people it
purports to protect and represent.
Again, yes, the deaths in the Gaza Strip have been undeniable and
horrific. But by no means is what has, and is happening, there a
Holocaust. What it is, most unfortunately, is a moment for
anti-Semites to express their hatred. Logic is pushed aside as bigotry
converts to delirium and then inevitably inflates in magnitude. Again:
1,200 killed compared with 6 million-plus murdered.
It is troubling and ironic that Erdogan, the PM of Turkey (of all
places) has said out loud that Israel has surpassed Nazi barbarism.
His remarks deny yet again the genocide his own country committed
against 1.5 million Armenians during and after World War I. At least
Germany, as sick and twisted as its own episode was, is conscious and
aware of its own nightmare and has apologized for it on the global
stage. Erdogan's words, however, are simply absurd.
The anti-Israeli argument, that its attacks in the Gaza Strip have
lacked proportionality, is illogical. By its actions and words, Hamas
has shown that it would not have stopped shooting rockets (now over
2,000) at Israel (the country it continues to say has no right to
exist) if it would have pulled back on its bombing campaign. Also,
Hamas would certainly not have destroyed its own tunnels had Israel
retreated at any time since the war began July 8.
Israel is not at all perfect and much of the world has grown impatient
with it. Its unfettered colonization of the West Bank has angered
many. Yet, again, the question of proportionality arises. Over the
approximately 1,300 days since civil war broke out in Syria, anywhere
from 115,000 to 171,000 people have perished. On any one of those days
Europeans could have likewise protested the horrors the Syrian
government has liberally imposed on its fellow Syrians. After all,
throughout these three and one-half years Syria has continued to gas
its own people, bomb the living daylights out of them and torture tens
of thousands. Europeans and others have remained silent throughout.
Not unlike the Nazis, the Syrian government has diligently recorded
its own atrocities with photographs, etc. This is where comparisons to
Hitler should be focused. Nevertheless, Erdogan and others
irresponsibly flap their gums, fanning the flames of millenia-old
hatreds against Jews.
In the area of the world they share, Turkey and Israel are rare
democracies. As such, Turkey continues to have before it the
opportunity to build another vibrant, thriving society. But comments
such as those from its PM, that Israel surpasses the Nazis in its
barbarism, cynically and sadly plays to the lowest common denominator
and keeps the country from fulling participating in its own, surely
glorious potential.
Opinion by Gregory Baskin
http://guardianlv.com/2014/07/gaza-strip-turkey-pm-says-israel-surpasses-nazi-barbarism/
July 30 2014
Gaza Strip: Turkey PM Says Israel Surpasses Nazi Barbarism
Added by Gregory Baskin on July 30, 2014
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister (PM) of Turkey, has compared
what Israel has done in the Gaza Strip with Hitler and the barbarism
of Hitler's Nazis. Speaking before supporters in Ordu on the Black
Sea, Erdogan blasphemed his education by being consciously inaccurate
and vile when he said " ... their barbarism has surpassed even
Hitler's."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking by phone with U.S.
Secretary of State John Kerry, reportedly blasted Erdogan's
"anti-Semitic" remarks, saying they desecrated the Holocaust. During
World War II the Nazis, led by the ascended demon named Adolf Hitler,
murdered an estimated 6 million Jews, as well as millions of Russians,
homosexuals, Gypsies and Poles.
In the current foray into the Gaza Strip, Israelis have killed
approximately 1,200 Palestinians. To be clear, Hitler and his army of
hypnotized worshippers not only killed millions of people but murdered
them, meaning that lives were terminated and family lines severed on
purpose. Anyone not consumed with their own anti-Semitism understands
the distinction
Many Arab civilians have died in the Gaza Strip. At the least, Israel
has made attempts to avoid this by warning civilians ahead of its
bombing strikes with the use of dummy bombs, text messages and
telephone calls. (Perhaps it is true, as has been reported, that the
human shields Hamas puts in harm's way are not allowed freedom of
movement, thus generously contributing to the death toll.) Even the
United States and Commander-In-Chief President Obama do less than this
when U.S. drones kill terrorists in far off lands. Like so many
guerrilla armies before it, Hamas fighters hide amongst the people it
purports to protect and represent.
Again, yes, the deaths in the Gaza Strip have been undeniable and
horrific. But by no means is what has, and is happening, there a
Holocaust. What it is, most unfortunately, is a moment for
anti-Semites to express their hatred. Logic is pushed aside as bigotry
converts to delirium and then inevitably inflates in magnitude. Again:
1,200 killed compared with 6 million-plus murdered.
It is troubling and ironic that Erdogan, the PM of Turkey (of all
places) has said out loud that Israel has surpassed Nazi barbarism.
His remarks deny yet again the genocide his own country committed
against 1.5 million Armenians during and after World War I. At least
Germany, as sick and twisted as its own episode was, is conscious and
aware of its own nightmare and has apologized for it on the global
stage. Erdogan's words, however, are simply absurd.
The anti-Israeli argument, that its attacks in the Gaza Strip have
lacked proportionality, is illogical. By its actions and words, Hamas
has shown that it would not have stopped shooting rockets (now over
2,000) at Israel (the country it continues to say has no right to
exist) if it would have pulled back on its bombing campaign. Also,
Hamas would certainly not have destroyed its own tunnels had Israel
retreated at any time since the war began July 8.
Israel is not at all perfect and much of the world has grown impatient
with it. Its unfettered colonization of the West Bank has angered
many. Yet, again, the question of proportionality arises. Over the
approximately 1,300 days since civil war broke out in Syria, anywhere
from 115,000 to 171,000 people have perished. On any one of those days
Europeans could have likewise protested the horrors the Syrian
government has liberally imposed on its fellow Syrians. After all,
throughout these three and one-half years Syria has continued to gas
its own people, bomb the living daylights out of them and torture tens
of thousands. Europeans and others have remained silent throughout.
Not unlike the Nazis, the Syrian government has diligently recorded
its own atrocities with photographs, etc. This is where comparisons to
Hitler should be focused. Nevertheless, Erdogan and others
irresponsibly flap their gums, fanning the flames of millenia-old
hatreds against Jews.
In the area of the world they share, Turkey and Israel are rare
democracies. As such, Turkey continues to have before it the
opportunity to build another vibrant, thriving society. But comments
such as those from its PM, that Israel surpasses the Nazis in its
barbarism, cynically and sadly plays to the lowest common denominator
and keeps the country from fulling participating in its own, surely
glorious potential.
Opinion by Gregory Baskin
http://guardianlv.com/2014/07/gaza-strip-turkey-pm-says-israel-surpasses-nazi-barbarism/