Posts Tagged ‘terrorism’
State Political Violence is Terrorism
When Israel steals land, occupies territory, subjugates an entire population and kills them with impunity, it’s called “the right to self-determination.”
When Palestinians resist military occupation, it’s called “terrorism.”
When Israel bombs hospitals, flattens homes, and kills tens of thousands of civilians, it’s called “defence.”
When tens of thousands take to the streets to protest genocide it is labelled a hate march in support of “terrorism”.
When a far-right extremist murders an MP, it’s reduced to just “murder” with no ideology, no wider context.
When a pro-Palestinian chant is raised, it’s accused of “glorifying terrorism.”
When Israelis say from the River to the Sea it’s glorious assertion of biblical “identity”.
When Palestinians say from the River to the Sea it’s genocidal “terrorism”.
When Israel and the US illegally bomb Iran it called “preemptive defence”.
When a protest group supports Palestinian rights, it’s proscribed as “terrorist.”
When a single Israeli is kidnapped or killed it runs 24 hour news cycles and state leaders condemn it as “terrorism”.
When 50 Palestinians are killed in a single day it is….. “nothing”.
Let’s be clear: more people have been killed by Western state violence than by Islamist terrorism.
Post-9/11 wars led by the US and its allies have caused over 4.5 million deaths. All Islamist terror attacks globally since 1979? Around 220,000 deaths. Yet only one of these is consistently labelled “terrorism.” The other is sanitised as “defence,” “intervention,” or “stabilisation.”
Political violence is political violence. Whether it’s a homemade rocket or a billion-dollar airstrike. The only difference is who has the media, the money, and the power to write the story.
Resist and fight the deep state propaganda machine that keeps you from the truth.
Tyranny Now Rules in UK, Not Just of Government but of Most of Our Corrupt Israel-Sponsored Parliament
In my 68 years, I have never been so ashamed of my country. The decision to proscribe a group supporting the Palestinian cause and to deem it as a terrorist organisation because it has carried out action directly analogous with the behaviour of the Suffragettes, the protestors against the illegal Iraq war and South African apartheid is beyond absurd.
Yes, all these protestors committed criminal offences by damaging property but to decide in 2025 that this puts them in the same category as the 7/7, Manchester Arena bombers or the murderers of PC Keith Palmer is ridiculous. It is more than absurd or ridiculous, it is unjust and, should be unlawful. Certainly the protestors should be tried for criminal damage or whatever crimes are appropriate. The power of their protest is in their readiness to accept punishment for such crimes. If, however, the High Court refuses to halt the outrage of deeming them as terrorists then the rule of law has been subverted by a totalitarian government.
Starmer and his cabinet are already proven to be corrupted by huge amounts of Israeli money and hundreds of MPs on all sides of Parliament are sponsored by the Israeli lobby. Britain’s record in standing up to Israel’s crimes is dreadful but the conduct of Israel since the Hamas atrocity of 7th October 2023 has involved hundreds of war crimes and has now, without doubt, become genocide, the most serious crime of all. The previous Conservative government, led by Rishi Sunak, was bad enough but Starmer is far worse, as Israel’s crimes have become more and more outrageous. Sunak, Starmer and many of their ministers and MPs are fully complicit in these war crimes and justice dictates that some of them should face trial on these issues. As I understand it, war crimes are not covered by Crown Indemnity.
In my view there has not been a more serious juncture in our history since we stood alone against the Nazis in 1940. Israel’s conduct today is of the same nature and Britain’s part in it is a national disgrace. Wherever we go from here, even if the High Court does rein in this latest, disgusting episode, there are senior British politicians who must face trial.
Why is the British Government Promoting and Arming Israeli Extremism?
Israel is a terrorist organisation responsible for tens of thousands more deaths and infinitely more destruction and misery than Hezbollah and Hamas combined. Why isn’t it also proscribed?
Ministers in both the previous Conservative government and the current Labour government are, without doubt, complicit in many of Israel’s war crimes. Some are directly involved by authorising licenses for arms sales and for undisclosed military support. Exactly what is Britain’s military role is unknown and will probably never be revealed but there is compelling evidence of special forces involvement and assistance with targeting using aircraft based in Cyprus.
It is absolutely clear that Crown Immunity which protects ministers from prosecution does not apply to war crimes. These include: Rishi Sunak, David Cameron, Grant Shapps, James Cleverly, Keir Starmer, David Lammy, John Reid and Yvette Cooper. There will be many others and officials in the Foreign Office and Ministry of Defence. It is the duty of the current and future government to investigate these crimes and ensure due process. However long it may take, it is essential that these ministers are brought to trial.
Theresa May Surrenders To Terrorism.
Mrs May’s authoritarian, repressive, anti-human rights response to the recent attacks is the action of a coward. She is rewarding terrorism with exactly what it seeks. She is caving in to the most extreme form of blackmail.
If we surrender our liberty then we have nothing. But Mrs May doesn’t believe in liberty so it is no loss to her. This is the excuse she has been wanting since she first took over the Home Office in 2010. If we allow her, she will turn Britain into a police state. Mrs May is the would-be promoter of thought crime, intensive snooping, censorship, rigid and inflexible laws, suppression of dissent, severe punishments and, as she has already demonstrated with asylum seekers, locking people up without trial.
Believe me, she is Britain’s worst nightmare.
Mrs May dishonours those who precede her. Would Margaret Thatcher have surrendered the very principles that Winston Churchill devised?
She alone bears responsibility for the underfunding and inadequacy of our anti-terrorism strategy so now she thinks she can crack down harder to deal with the consequences of her own mistakes. Note this is exactly Mrs May’s approach to drugs policy and it has failed time and time again. In fact it just makes the problem worse.
If Mrs May remains prime minister at the end of this week, I fear for the future of our nation.
The Daily Mail Uses Terrorism To Promote Its Bizarre Ideology.
Nick Clegg. The UK’s Most Progressive Politician on Drugs Policy.
“The Lib Dem leader risks provoking outrage this week when he joins Sir Richard Branson to put the case for removing all criminal sanctions for possessing cannabis – including skunk, its most potent form.”
Mail on Sunday, 1st March 2015
The only thing that keeps this terrorising message about cannabis off its front page is Jihadi John. The Daily Mail and Jihadi John share the same ideas in how to persuade people to their bizarre and distorted world view.
In fact, elsewhere in the Mail, as well as in its terrorist allies in Fleet Street, cannabis and Jihadi John are conflated. Apparently, he used to smoke ‘high strength ‘skunk‘ cannabis’. Of course! That explains it all then. The Mail wants us to believe that cannabis causes terrorism, as well as psychosis, mad axe murderers, destroys the economy and makes normally happy, hard working people turn instantly into demented gibbering wrecks.
The Daily Mail is as accurate about cannabis as Jihadi John is on Islam, good and evil.
Charles Walker MP, the habitual deceiver on evidence about cannabis, is at it again – and he’s a terrorist too.
Charles Walker MP. Crazy Claims About Cannabis.
“…the drugs are seven or eight times more powerful now.”
What is this lie designed to achieve? It’s intended to terrorise people, parents in particular, with ridiculous exaggeration that has no evidence to back it up at all.
Maybe if we had more honesty from politicians and newspapers we’d have less terrorism all round? We’d certainly be better able to protect people from the dangers caused by the ‘war on drugs’. Also, young people might start to believe what we say about extremist ideologies rather than concluding that they can’t believe anything said by numbskull liars like Charles Walker or publisher liars like the Daily Mail.
Why I’d Be Voting Yes If I Lived In Scotland.
I think it will be a tragedy of immeasurable proportions if Scotland becomes an independent nation. As a proud Briton, I am first and foremost a Welshman but Britain is a great nation and I would not argue for independence for Wales.
The Scottish referendum though offers an opportunity which must not be missed. The corrupt, out of touch Westminster elite must be brought down. This is a chance that we may not have again. The alternative of guillotines in Parliament Square is tempting but unlikely.
Cameron, Miliband and the exclusive tribe of privately educated, independently wealthy politicians have seized this country for themselves. They have conspired with bankers and the Fleet Street Mafia to create an oligarchy which deprives the people of any real or effective say in our nation. Together they set the news agenda and control what we say, do and think.
They enact policies that suit them irrespective of public opinion. They deny science and evidence at a whim. They deceive and misinform as a matter of course. When it suits them they use the modest threat of international terrorism to terrorise and subjugate us. They are traitors to Britain. The United Kingdom has become their vehicle for repression, oppression and an ever expanding state that keeps the proletariat under control.
So, it would be with great regret that I would vote ‘Yes’ to Scottish independence. Not that I want to split Britain up but I see no other way of rolling back the self-serving, authoritarian enemy that has destroyed our democracy and taken control of both Parliament and Whitehall.
Pakistan Synonymous With Corruption
Disgraced
Look at the chaos and evil that this country is causing our world!
From the most wicked international terrorism to the genteel sport of cricket, the pernicious and evil influence of Pakistan is everywhere.
It is a flaw in its culture and the character of its people. Not all Pakistanis are wicked but too many of them are and evil influence has been allowed to flourish in its society.
This is not racism. It’s not about the race of the Pakistanis. It’s about their nation.
Pakistan is a failed state and a pariah.
Its only hope is new and radical leadership.
Abandon Afghanistan Now!
Our so called leaders don’t listen to us. They’ve abandoned any pretence of democracy by imposing a new European regime and president on us. They don’t even listen to their expert advisors. Instead they prolong an idiotic and discredited drugs strategy that brings violent crime to the streets of every town in the country and funds international terrorism.
Perhaps they will hear the crunch of Gulbeddin’s bullets as they smash into British flesh and bone?
Please listen! Too many heroes have died or been cruelly maimed. This foreign land is not worth it and the idea that this strategy is protecting us at home is nonsense.
Now is the time to abandon Afghanistan. Leave behind the disgusting and corrupt Karzai for, sure enough, whatever we do, he is doomed to suffer a grisly and horrific fate. Leave behind the Taliban for they are medieval evil but with no interest outside their own borders. Leave behind the Afghan people because much as we may deplore their treatment of women and of each other that is their problem, not ours. Bring our boys home!
As for Al Qaeda and the threat of a renegade nuclear Pakistan, let us install a small but powerful contingent of our most heavily armed troops, garrisoned in impregnable fortresses. In conjunction with our allies they should be equipped with the very best that we have. Mostly they can observe and use pilotless drones to interdict where necessary. All movements should be done by helicopter because we have no real interest in “hearts and minds”. When necessary, overwhelming, unrelenting and merciless force must be used against our enemies and yes, let our men have battlefield nuclear weapons too. We need to blast these evil Islamists off the face of the earth. There is no more time for patience or consideration or concern.
Drug Crazed Politicians Promote Crime And Misery
Sir David Nutt
"I'm so stoned...I don't know what I'm doing..."
Nothing more clearly demonstrates the complete absence of integrity in this inane, corrupt government than the sacking of Sir David Nutt. I had always admired Alan Johnson. Now he shows himself to be just as stupid and dumb as any of Gordon’s cronies.
Cannabis is a benign, natural herb that has been used as a medicine and recreational relaxant for over 4,000 years until politicians took a dislike to it just over 100 years ago. Since then, despite dozens of “studies” across the world, each one of which has been specifically tasked to condemn it as dangerous, no harm has been proven. Nevertheless, from Richard Nixon to Gordon Brown, myopic, paranoid, self-serving, tabloid-worshipping politicians have imposed more and more severe penalties for its use.
In the 50s the argument was that it made white women promiscuous with black men. The standard of discussion has barely improved since. The recent government sponsored hysteria over psychosis in adolescents is now revealed as utter nonsense in the face of the facts.
So why do politicians continue to persecute those who use cannabis? What’s in it for them? After all there is overwhelming evidence to show that a properly regulated cannabis supply could be a huge source of new taxation revenue for government and that regulation would drastically reduce all the harm that is caused by prohibition.
Off His Head
It’s more difficult to accept this argument in respect of heroin and cocaine because these are harmful substances but look at the evidence from Holland, Switzerland, Portugal and many other places. There can be little doubt that if the supply and distribution of drugs was regulated rather than prohibited then the harm caused would be reduced enormously. Furthermore, decriminalisation would drastically – and I mean DRASTICALLY – reduce crime at all levels. Street crime is all about theft and robbery in order to fund the purchase of drugs. International organised crime and terrorism is all about the drugs trade. End prohibition, start regulation and you pull the rug from under criminals at all levels. It would transform our society and save thousands of lives.
So I ask again – why? What do politicians gain from such a fundamentally stupid policy? At a stroke they could cut out the majority of both street and serious crime and massively reduce the funding of terrorism.
Cannabis was first demonised because hemp was an early rival to the oil industry. Before diesel came biodiesel. Rudolph Diesel designed his engine to run on peanut or hemp oil. Henry Ford designed his Model T to run on bioethanol produced from hemp and planted hundreds of acres on his own farms for that purpose – then along came oil. More importantly along came the early investors in the oil industry, specifically Randolph Hearst, owner and controller of the biggest propaganda and disinformation machine ever known to man. He started the the “Reefer Madness” campaign and promoted the lie against cannabis. Hemp was outlawed in favour of oil and we have since spent 100 years burning oil, becoming more and more reliant on its byproducts, destroying our planet and persecuting those who use cannabis.
Politicans are cowards. They were bribed and cajoled by big money to turn against cannabis in the first place. They do not have the vision or the common sense to see past the mess they have got themselves in over drugs policy. In a very real way they are more responsible than anyone else for the misery, death and chaos casued by the drugs trade which they actually support through their stupidity.
This government might as well have a committee of tabloid newspaper editors advising it on drugs rather than scientists. All over the world politicans have let us all down over drugs policy. Why? Because they are cowardly, self-serving and only interested in short term political expediency.
Peter Reynolds 
