MANIPULATION BY THE MEDIA REACHES NEW HIGHS (LOWS)

Hello friends, it's certainly been a long time. Quite frankly, I've just pretty much given up on educating people. Almost given up on caring what happens to this country. I've come to the conclusion it's a losing battle. People are so wrapped up in their own little worlds they don't want to know or care what's happening in the real world.

That is until they are manipulated by the news media into thinking a certain way about any given subject. And that has never been more obvious than with the current mess in the Gaza Strip. I just saw a picture that's propagating around the web of parents carrying dead Palestinian children. Caption asks if this is right, and states "this is a yes or no question". This is such blatant manipulation it would be hilarious if it wasn't so tragic. And if half the country wasn't so stupid that they fall for it. And if it wasn't being repeated in kind all over the liberal news media in one way or another. Oh, the poor Palestinians. Shame on those barbaric Israeli's!

Let's ignore the thousands of years of hatred between these two sides for now, and simplify the issue to recent history. Since 1948, Israel has been repeatedly attacked by one group or another. Now it's Hamas. It's been Fatah, the Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic Jihad, and on and on. ALL WITH THE STATED GOAL OF REMOVING ISRAEL AND ALL JEWS FROM PLANET EARTH. Israel, who does have the capability of removing their problem from the planet, has bent over backwards time and time again. Ceded this, agreed to that.

Why do you think there are so many Palestinian civilian casualties? Because Hamas deliberately locates their rocket sites and tunnel entrances in neighborhoods, mosques, even hospitals so they can say to the world "see how barbaric the Jews are?" They are experts at manipulating and using world opinion. And they don't care how many of their own people they sacrifice to accomplish that. So, who are the real savages? I can't recall ever hearing about an Israeli beheading someone because they didn't believe in Israel's God. Oh, and by the way, the Palestinian people ELECTED Hamas to govern them. They had other choices. Choices that wanted to choose the path of peace and reconciliation. But they CHOOSE Hamas. Why? Because they've been brainwashed into hatred from time of birth. And it happens on both sides of any ethnic division. Brainwashed by greedy power /money mongers.

Here's the bottom line question for you - If Mexico started lobbing rockets into the US, if Mexican soldiers dug tunnels under the border and made attacks on US citizens, what would you demand your government do?

Don't be brainwashed
Dumb Farmer