Glenn Greenwald is a columnist on civil liberties and US national security issues for the Guardian. A former constitutional lawyer, he was until 2012 a contributing writer at Salon. His most recent book is, With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful. His other books include: Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics, A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency, and How Would a Patriot Act? Defending American Values from a President Run Amok. He is the recipient of the first annual I.F. Stone Award for Independent Journalism.
In what dimension does one have to
reside in order to get a view, or even a glimpse, of the Palestinian side of
the equation? Mr. Glenn Greenwald has gone out on a limb. He has expressed
dismay at the Western Media in their utter disregard for a People the United
States and Western Europe have given “lip service” to over the past half a
century.
It is time for People in America to
stand up to the hypocrisy of their Government, and be heard on this unjust
treatment of Palestinian’s, who only
want their own Homeland. Is that too much to ask for an ancient civilization
whose land was stolen from them and turned over to unwanted emigrants from
foreign shores?
The United States is eager to have the
People of the World believe that only on the North American continent can true
democracy reside. Couple that belief with the one that has the United States
Government forcing this “democracy” on Nations and Cultures to whom democracy
simply doesn’t make any sense. There is an ugly, elitist quality to America’s
attempt to make the World in their mold.
Where are the cries of injustice and hypocrisy?
How on Earth do the United States, the U.N., and Western Europe (sans France) get
a pass on criticism when it involves the invented State of Israel? If no one in
the Free World holds Israel accountable for their atrocities against Palestine
and the Palestinian People, we have failed in our definition as free citizens.
We all become that which we have so virulently fought against for decades. We
become the despots and tyrants of religious colonialism and oppression that was
the very essence of the founding of the United States of America.
People from across the globe still
flock to the shores of America. They are searching for the kind of justice and
freedom they have only heard, or read, about. Once on those shores they fast
become disillusioned with the dream. They witness first hand that the dream is
just that, a dream.
There is an urgent need for more
Journalists the likes of Mr. Greenwald. I know they are out there. Please stand
up and make your voices heard. Please make the case for justice and freedom
that only a free press
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