Re: [Marxism] The Left and Support For Islamic Resistance

[JC Helary <brandelune@xxxxxxxxx>]

On mardi 17 févr. 09, at 00:40, Shawn Redden wrote:

> At 10:58 PM +0900 2/16/09, JC Helary wrote:
>>
>> ... You don't seem to grasp something. There is nothing "vital" in
>> 1300 deaths.
>
> There is, to the Zionist project.

Which is exactly what were are _not_ discussing right now. Please get  
back on track.

> From what towns do you think the Gaza refugees come?

Ok, so we've all done our Wikipedia geography check now ? Good. Can we  
proceed ?

Is that a measure of where all the refugees come from or a measure of  
the maximum distance the hand made rockets can fly ?

> it's so disproportionate, how could one not?  Which is the point:   
> any fabricated pretext could set the Zionists off, so it will always  
> be something of a 'surprise' when they act outrageously.

No, it does not "set them off", it is planned political action.

> The Palestinian Resistance, which you falsely allege is exclusively  
> Hamas,

Me ? Certainly not.

> no doubt drew a similar conclusion.  The fact that the Zionist  
> aggressors could NOT get into Khan Yunis, Jabalia, Zaitoun, Gaza  
> City, or any of the other areas they targeted again demonstrated the  
> weakness of the Zionist army to achieve a military objective.

Right, flattening one third or so of Gaza is not a "military" objective.

> But the reality on the ground - the reality that Palestinians  
> understand today - is that the Zionist ARMY cannot penetrate into  
> the camps of Gaza.  They don't have the will, and they don't have  
> the resources.

And aid trucks, or normal trucks for that matter, can't either.

>> You seem to forget that Israel has nukes,
>
> If Israel nukes Gaza, it nukes itself.  And if you think a  
> population as self-indulgent, self-righteous, and vain as Israel's  
> is going to commit suicide, you're out of your mind.

Please, try to read less into other people's mails and comment on what  
they write, not what you think they mean.




Jean-Christophe Helary


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