Cynthia McKinney and the Israeli Attacks

For those of you who missed it, former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and CNN reporter Karl Penhaul were aboard a pleasure yacht attempting to deliver humanitarian supplies with the Free Gaza movement to the Gaza Strip, which is under siege by the Israeli “Defense” Forces. Regardless of what the reader may think about McKinney’s veracity, the evidence is pretty damning against the IDF this time. After shadowing the Dignity for a half hour, they rammed the boat three times without warning, almost sinking it in the process. You can check the evidence from Penhaul and McKinney in these videos here and here.

The Israeli government claimed that the boat was first warned to not proceed, then claims the pleasure yacht took evasive action. CNN’s Penhaul, who was awake when the attack began, the ship’s captain and McKinney all deny these claims. In fact, the idea of a pleasure yacht outmaneuvering modern gunboats is extremely far-fetched. (photo)

McKinney ran for president, and is labeled by both Republicans and Democrats as ‘female,’ ‘black,’ ‘Communist,’ ‘aggressive,’ and a ‘tree-hugger.’ I do not know, she may even agree with a few of these labels, such as ‘female,’ but I choose to call her what she has proven to me to be: a seeker of truth. As I wrote here “Cynthia McKinney and the Alleged 5,000 Dead Hurricane Katrina Inmates“, I was mystified by the media black-out of what sounds at first is a fairly outlandish claim during her presidential campaign. [I am no longer shocked by media black-outs as seen here “Police State Stomps on Iraq Veteran’s Face as McBama Sanctions Attack on Freedom of Speech: The Story of the Hempstead 15 (Part 1/3)” when mounted police right outside the third McBama debate attacked unarmed and nonviolent veterans.

However, if one recognizes that McKinney is simply crying out for answers, and refuses to be cowed by her attackers, I have to say she is a bit of a kindred spirit.

Even as other reporters try to disparage her, she also did something very patriotic in this short video here. She mentioned the USS Liberty, which was viciously attacked by the Israelis over forty years ago, resulting in the deaths of 34 American servicemen and 173 wounded. I wrote about this originally here “Israeli Attack on the USS Liberty Leaves 34 Americans Dead, 173 Wounded. John McCain, Jr. Led the Cover-Up“, but I will republished it below again for your convenience. Every American should be fully aware of what happened to the men onboard the USS Liberty when dealing with the Middle East and Israel, and I would have mentioned it again for obvious reasons, even if McKinney did not mention it.

Think for a moment and comment below if you wish.

Who are the real heroes? (Feel free to make up your own category, I don’t mean to confine.)

• Those who initiate violence for whatever purpose?
• Those who choose non-violence?
• Those who choose in-action?
• Or those who reply to violence with violence?

I beg you to take this philosophically, and not associate “the Israelis” or “the Palestinians” with any side unless you want to use examples. As you will see in Part 5, it is not my intent to make these broad associations.

REMEMBER THE USS LIBERTY!