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Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Why I Can No Longer Vote for Ken Gordon
Today Members of the Executive Committee of the Colorado General Assembly held a press conference announcing their "unanimous approval of a Resolution Concerning Achieving Peace in the Middle East". Their resolution "supports Israel during this time of crisis, recognizes Israel’s right to defend itself against acts of war by Hezbollah and Hamas, and specifically identifies Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza as terrorist organizations. It also notes that Israel stands with the United States in the war against international terrorism and Islamic extremists."
Ken Gordon, who, before this, had my vote for his run this year as Secretary of State said, "I believe that we have a responsibility during the current crisis in the Middle East to make clear our support for Israel as it takes a firm stand against the terrorist organizations that not only are attacking Israeli citizens but also pose a threat to the United States."
I am especially taken aback by the fact that Joan Fitz-Gerald, Ken Gordon, and Andrew Romanoff - three people I have supported - would come up with this resolution. I have not seen such a grand gesture for or against the war in Iraq, so this statement indicates that Israel must be very important to them.
But I think that our leadership is very confused about terrorism. The U.S. and Israel are just terrorist organizations with bigger and better weapons.
This is terrorism:
From Dahr Jamail's blog:
About 55 percent of all casualties at the Beirut Government University Hospital are children of 15 years of age or less, hospital records show.
"This is worse than during the Lebanese civil war," Bilal Masri, assistant director of the hospital, one of Beirut's largest, told IPS Monday.
Not only are most of the patients children, but many of the injured have been brought in serious condition, he said. "Now we have a 30 percent fatality rate here in Beirut. That means that 30 percent of everyone hit by Israeli bombs are dying. It is a catastrophe."
The fatality rate was high, he said, "because the Israelis are using new kinds of bombs which can enter shelters. They are bombing the bomb shelters which are full of refugees."
Ken Gordon, who, before this, had my vote for his run this year as Secretary of State said, "I believe that we have a responsibility during the current crisis in the Middle East to make clear our support for Israel as it takes a firm stand against the terrorist organizations that not only are attacking Israeli citizens but also pose a threat to the United States."
I am especially taken aback by the fact that Joan Fitz-Gerald, Ken Gordon, and Andrew Romanoff - three people I have supported - would come up with this resolution. I have not seen such a grand gesture for or against the war in Iraq, so this statement indicates that Israel must be very important to them.
But I think that our leadership is very confused about terrorism. The U.S. and Israel are just terrorist organizations with bigger and better weapons.
This is terrorism:
From Dahr Jamail's blog:
About 55 percent of all casualties at the Beirut Government University Hospital are children of 15 years of age or less, hospital records show.
"This is worse than during the Lebanese civil war," Bilal Masri, assistant director of the hospital, one of Beirut's largest, told IPS Monday.
Not only are most of the patients children, but many of the injured have been brought in serious condition, he said. "Now we have a 30 percent fatality rate here in Beirut. That means that 30 percent of everyone hit by Israeli bombs are dying. It is a catastrophe."
The fatality rate was high, he said, "because the Israelis are using new kinds of bombs which can enter shelters. They are bombing the bomb shelters which are full of refugees."
posted by Carol at 12:34 PM
3 Comments:
Thank you Carol for Peace. I believe there are many people who agree with you. To these people, I ask you to write to Mr. Gordon and the General Assembly Executive Committee to voice your opinion. It is important to be active, like Carol here has done.
Thanks for writing.
I did write Mr. Gordon - and never heard back from him.
The Colorado Palestine Solidarity Campaign has responded to this by creating websites for each of the Executive Council members. For example: http://www.ken-gordon.org/
To see the other sites, just scroll to the footer comment.
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