{"id":606,"date":"2010-06-04T11:30:36","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T11:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/apagansblog\/2010\/06\/gaza-thugs.html"},"modified":"2010-06-04T11:30:36","modified_gmt":"2010-06-04T11:30:36","slug":"gaza-thugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/apagansblog\/2010\/06\/gaza-thugs.html","title":{"rendered":"Gaza Thugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The<a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/news\/israel_flotilla_attack\/index.html?story=\/news\/feature\/2010\/06\/03\/paul_larudee_flotilla_account\"> truth is finally leaking out <\/a>over Israel&#8217;s vicious attack in an aid flotilla in international waters. &nbsp;The unholy alliance of right wing Israelis, right wing Neoconservatives, and right wing &#8216;Christians&#8217; has freed the Israeli part of the alliance from having to consider the wider context of their actions. &nbsp; Right wing zealots supported by cowardly politicians always pick up Israel&#8217;s dirty linen rather than having them do it themselves. This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/news\/israel\/index.html?story=\/opinion\/greenwald\/2010\/06\/04\/israel\">protection of Israel no matter what it does<\/a> is deeply ingrained in America&#8217;s elite. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Power corrupts, be it on the left, right, or &#8216;center&#8217;&nbsp;&nbsp;and nothing is more corrupting than being able to use violence with impunity against those far weaker than yourself. &nbsp;Ultimately this is very bad for Israel, very bad for us, and very bad for the democratic values both countries were founded on. 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