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The Middle East conflct: Political spin versus truth

by Maureen Totterer

Created on: May 27, 2011   Last Updated: May 30, 2011

It was widely reported that Osama Bin Laden used his wife as a shield before he was killed by Special Forces at his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan in the spring of 2011. This is the same plan radical Muslim groups will implement to gain sympathy and promote hatred for the nation of Israel during the upcoming summer of rage in the Middle East.

Hundreds if not thousands of women and children will be used again as expendable human shields as they attempt to cross over into Israeli territory. They will be told that they must die for Allah and should not be afraid to die because they will immediately enter heaven as martyrs and be with Allah forever. That is their modus operandi. Women and children are considered collateral damage in the minds and hearts of Hamas and Hezbollah.

Why are no media sources warning about this coming bloodshed? Is it because the liberal media wishes to put Israel in an unfavorable light when the showdown comes to pass? Does the liberal media prefer to use deception and bias by portraying Israelis as cold-blooded murderers instead of a people and nation rightly defending it's borders? Does the liberal media prefer a global solution to the problem by taking away Israel's sovereignty and looking instead to the U.N. to settle the matter once and for all?

We need only look at Nakba or "catastrophe" on May 15, 2011. Nakba is a yearly protest of the re-birth of Israel in 1948. It's unclear exactly how many people were killed that day attempting to cross the borders into Israel. Many were captured and deported. Photographs showed young people cowering to avoid bullets. Did they really think that they would not be fired upon? Or have they been so indoctrinated that they are blind to the truth? Have they resigned themselves for the greater good knowing that they have been chosen to make the ultimate sacrifice? They must be aware that they will not be hurt if they stay on their own side of the border. Are we seeing some similitudes on our American southern borders?

In his recent resignation statement, Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell, according to JewishJournal.com, said it had been his intention to serve only two years, although he had said multiple times that he wanted to give the process five years. David Hale is the temporary replacement for Mitchell. Could Mrs. Cass Sunstein be waiting in the wings to take his place using her "Responsibility To Protect" document to protect Palestine from Israel in the form of the Egyptian military?

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