I rewatched the movie, "Gandhi," recently. It certainly was an uplifting movie, even if a bit too hagiographic for my tastes. After watching the movie and perhaps reading Tolstoy or Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience," you might be tempted to wonder why such ideas have not been tried more often in human history.
But we should not forget that Gandhi's methods were partly successful because they were employed against the British Empire, and Britain had a culture of late Victorian idealists and moralists. What if his methods had been used against Hitler? Hitler has been quoted as wondering why the Brits simply didn't kill Gandhi. Or imagine Gandhi's methods being used against the Roman Empire, etc.
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How successful would a Palestinian Gandhi be against the murderous Zionist regime of Netanyahu? That gets to the point of today's post: what is going to happen to the Gaza Aid Flotilla, currently near Tunisia, I believe? It hasn't turned into a front page story yet, but it could.
Timing is important. The world is starting to coalesce against the Zionist regime: notice the recent walkout in front of Netanyahu at the United Nations. Spain and Ireland have taken the lead in Europe in taking mild actions against Israel. The Young Turks channel on You Tube is giving the Aid Flotilla quite a bit of emphasis.
Will Israel simply sink the Gaza Aid Flotilla? That is what the Flotilla is daring them to do. The result would be martyrdom, and it might turn global anti-Israel sentiment and action into an avalanche. My guess is that harassment and arrest are more likely. Success for the Gaza Aid Flotilla could come in the form of other people and countries joining in, presently and in the future.
What would Trump's reaction be? He will make excuses for Israel. He will call the Gaza Aid Flotilla people terrorists, and remind everyone that Israel 'has a right to defend itself.' Then Netanyahu and his fellow travelers in the US will accuse the Gaza Aid Flotilla of anti-Semitism.
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