Reply #41: Caterpillar is the Dow Chemical of today! [View All]

[IndianaGreen]

During the Vietnam War, Dow Chemical became the focus of the ire of peace groups for its manufacturing of the napalm being used to incinerate Vietnamese villages. Caterpillar now finds itself in the same dubious role as Dow Chemical. The corporate board of Caterpillar has claimed that they have no control on what Israel does with the armored bulldozers the company manufactures. What hypocrites!

The vote had outraged Jewish groups, who said the strategy was biased and failed to recognize Israel's right to defend itself.

Leveling the homes of people whose only crime is that they are blood relatives of suicide bombers and other terrorists is no different from the US torching a village in Vietnam because an American patrol was ambushed nearby, or bombing an entire city in Iraq because some American mercenaries were strung up from a nearby bridge.

The best way to defend Israel is by ending the Occupation!

On a more personal note, if you were to see a friend or loved engaged in destructive personal behaviour, such as drugs or an eating disorder, you would not be encouraging that behaviour but instead you would seek intervention to save your friend or loved one's life. The Occupation is such a destructive behaviour on a grander scale.

The real enemies of Israel in America is the rightwing because they are encouraging the advocates of the Occupation, and its expansion, not because they love Israel but because they have a biblical apocalyptic vision that they want to bring about. Their sweet words of support are nothing but poison!