{"id":6464,"date":"2008-12-23T20:30:23","date_gmt":"2008-12-24T01:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=6464"},"modified":"2008-12-23T20:52:22","modified_gmt":"2008-12-24T01:52:22","slug":"cowards-without-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=6464","title":{"rendered":"Cowards Without Borders"},"content":{"rendered":"

25 Iraq Veterans Against the War wrote an open letter of support to Israeli draft resisters. Some of the luminaries we’ve paid tribute to here are included in their number. Here’s the letter<\/a>;<\/p>\n

About 100 Israeli high school students have declared their refusal to serve in the Israeli army and participate in the occupation of Palestine. We are US military service members and veterans who have refused or are currently refusing to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

We stand in solidarity with the Israeli Shministim (Hebrew for 12th graders) who are also resisting military service. About 100 Israeli high school students have signed an open letter declaring their refusal to serve in the Israeli army and their opposition to “Israeli occupation and oppression policy in the occupied territories and the territories of Israel.” In Israel, military service is mandatory for all graduating high school seniors, and resisters face the possibility of years in prison.<\/p>\n

We have also refused to participate in unjust acts of military aggression, and many of us have gone to prison or currently live with that possibility as a result. We believe that resistance to unjust war is a bold assertion of humanity in the face of overwhelming violence.<\/p>\n

The “Global War on Terror,” like the Israeli occupation, is propped up by racism and dehumanization and sets the stage for never-ending war and occupation.<\/p>\n

We are inspired by the brave refusal of our brothers and sisters in Israel to take part in these destructive policies, and we want to let them know today, December 18th – the day of international solidarity with the Shministim – that they have our deepest respect and support.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See, I can almost understand how it’s possible for Americans to avoid military service, but seein’s how Israelis wake up every morning surrounded, it makes no sense. I wonder how they’ll avoid military service when Hezbollah’s rockets pour down on them this Spring. How do you avoid the draft when Syrian tanks roll down from the Golan Heights. Do they think that by denying the danger exists, it goes away?<\/p>\n

IVAW’s support for them is just as naive. People refusing to serve doesn’t erase the impending violence. Only a six-year-old would think that’s true – it shows that these freaks have an infantile view of the world.<\/p>\n

TSO’s favorite coward Carlos Mejia signed it. Also you’ll find Geoff Millard and Matthis Chiroux’ name at the link. But these Israeli kids will learn the hard way, IVAW will never learn.<\/p>\n

American Jews snuggled safely in their beds<\/a> also support the draft resisters in the style of 52 to 48. Ed Asner <\/a>snuggled safely in Hollywood also supports the resisters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

25 Iraq Veterans Against the War wrote an open letter of support to Israeli draft resisters. … Cowards Without Borders<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}