Where are you Mister Obama ?
When Israel began bombing
Gaza, your reaction (conveyed by a spokesperson) was that you were “closely
monitoring events”. It made sense. That
was the least you could do!
Then when the
situation became more tragic and people wanted to know your position, your
spokesperson said that you were “closely monitoring events” and that it was not
opportune for you to speak about it, since there was only one president at a
time. That was an amusing answer, but
also a bit phony, because you were at the same time expressing your opinions on
a lot of other problems – like the economy – depending on the one president in
charge. Your silence was surprising.
Then, when the number
of victims -- including a large number of women and children – kept escalating,
and when a dire humanitarian crisis had developed in Gaza and when almost
everyone in the world were calling for a cease-fire, you kept simply “closely
monitoring events”. At that point your
silence had become very embarrassing for anyone who had place hope in you for
the future of the free world.
Lastly, when Israel,
after
bombing
mosques
full
of
civilians
at
prayer
yesterday
and
destroying
all
the
buildings
belonging
to
the
civilian
infrastructure
of
Gaza,
began
the
ground
invasion,
and
the
whole
world
(with
the
sole
exception
of
the
Bush
administration)
was
calling
for
a
cease-fire,
you
kept
“closely
monitoring
events”.
It
was
no
longer
a
joke.
At that point, Mister
Obama,
it
was
obvious
that
your
silence
was
a
tacit
approval
of
what
Israel
was
doing
–
and
the
Israeli
government
clearly
said
that
it
interpreted
it
that
way.
At that point, Mister
Obama, your silence was no longer simply embarrassing. To my mind your silence had become criminal,
because very clearly condoning a crime against humanity
Armand VEILLEUX
January 4, 2009