Not In My Name
16/09/25 10:42
September 16, 2025 (Vol. 19 No. 34) - Without regard to either world opinion or its own past, Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel continue to engage in a campaign of starvation and genocide in the Gaza Strip. It has been almost two years since the hideous attacks by Hamas against Israeli citizens. Israel had every right to react and retaliate against the barbarism of its sworn enemy. However, Israel has gone too far through indiscriminate bombing, forced resettlements and using food as a weapon of war. Isn’t this exactly what the Nazis did? The Trump administration has turned a blind eye to this. While publicly condemning Israel’s recent murder of Hamas officials in Qatar - a country that, up until that time, had been working with the United States to mediate the conflict - it isn’t like Trump threatened to punish or restrain Israel. Things continue the way they always have, with the U.S. giving Netanyahu a blank check to murder, maim and starve in the name of righteous retribution. Not in my name. The world is condemning Israel and the United States for the atrocities currently being carried out in the Middle East. At the same time, the U.S. is alienating countries with whom we have curried favor for decades and driving them into the orbit of the seemingly rationale Chinese. Most of the American people - including myself - are horrified by the actions of Israel and believe Netanyahu’s actions constitute war crimes. But Donald Trump, himself devoid of any semblance of a moral backbone, will do nothing that he perceives threatens his standing with the evangelical community. (How these evangelicals can say they love Jesus and support Donald Trump is beyond any logic I know.) It may already be too late, but the time has come to sanction Israel for its war of aggression in Gaza. We should do so if for no other reason than to let the world know that the United States of America stands for human rights - even for those groups and individuals with whom we disagree. Trump, you may not be complicit in war crimes in my name. That's it for now. Fear the Turtle.