NBC Nightly News reports that Ariel Sharon is experiencing organ failure and may not live through the night. Oui did a diary about Sharon’s stroke earlier.
I don’t have much to say about this, other than to note that the passing of Sharon will bring on a new era in the Middle East, and that however much I disagreed with Sharon politically, I wish him good health. The doctors say Sharon’s situation is so dire that they are hoping for a miracle. Maybe they will get one.
but wasn’t Sharon trying to turn the Israeli government in a more moderate direction?
Conspiracy theorists might see something odd about the timing…
[adding Reynolds Wrap to the shopping list…]
Anything is possible, of course, but Sharon is not a young man, and his weight will not have been a helpful factor in terms of his cardio-vascular health.
Moderate? Hardly — the trick was to dissociate himself from the most radical extremist elements in the settler’s movement & to “give up” Gaza. Of course, they haven’t given up control & Gaza is now little more than open-air prison camp. Now Peretz is someone who may very well open up new terrain in Israeli politics. Sharon rejected all international peace efforts, all negotiation, & has forced a unilateral solution on the ground. The whole Gaza thing was designed to obscure the further illegal annexation happening in the West Bank, to deflect international criticism of the Wall, and to pretend… Read more »
I do not wish him, or any human being a long, painful death. It is my sincere hope that he not suffer at all.
Should he recover, I would wish him a fair and open trial at the Hague, and humane treatment, a nutritious diet, and all necessary medical care.
Beyond that, there is a saying in Spanish, Lo que merece, que Dios multiplique.
(What he deserves, may God multiply it)
Senor Bush, lo que merece, que Dios multiplique.
(For the Israelis and Palestinians: Go in peace.)
It would’ve taken US support to see Sharon in the Hague. We all know that would never happen.
Lo que merece, que Dios multiplique.
Perhaps She is . . . It’s not a common sentiment for me, but I do hope Mother Nature doles out her best. I don’t feel much sympathy for the man; certainly not to the point of hoping he gets better.
The US public needs to know the full extent of this man’s crimes, and US complicty therein — not this moderate man of peace crap.
report on many things, including US-funded atrocities against the Palestinians, as well as the history of western colonization in the region as opposed to the Washington propaganda. And few would suggest that I would ever characterize Ariel Sharon as a “man of peace,” as Mr. Danger does. You have a fine mind, and I believe a very fine-tuned bullshit detector, and I always look forward to your posts. However I would encourage you to take care of that fine mind, and that good heart, by resisting the temptation to perpetuate atrocities, and acknowledge the humanity and human rights of those… Read more »
But I am an old man, and therefore have an obligation to be preachy on occasion.
Also, I just told a very dirty joke in the Mojo and Lurker thread, and balance is important.
. . . much as I want to self-justify my intemperate remarks w/ some intertwined notion of kharma & letting nature take it’s course (which is NOT succumbing to “the temptation to perpetuate atrocities”), it’s unseemly for someone who’s often heard pleading for recognition of our common humanity. Ultimately, it’s soul polluting. (btw, “old man,” I doubt you have many, if any years on me . . . In the summer of 2000, I had the opportunity to spend some time at Naropa with Queens College prof, Amiel Alcalay, who took me in out & sideways through my preconceptions of… Read more »
Where were you when sykes-Picot came down?
😉
somewhere in the cosmic ether of possibility, only to emerge actualized 40 years later
I will adopt you as an honorary descendant!
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Thank you for the update, BooMan.
Personally, I don’t believe the hoped-for miracle will occur.
. Added to my Breaking News diary :: According to Israeli Law for a maximum of 100 days. In worse case scenario for present condition of Ariel Sharon, this period would cover the planned general elections set for March 28, 2006. The planned withdrawal of the Likud minister in the present cabinet of Ariel Sharon will most likely be reversed, to keep the Israeli nation united in the major event of today. BREAKING :: Ariel Sharon Suffered Cerebral Hemorrhage ¶ Rushed Into ER for Operation ● Ehud Olmert is Israel’s Acting Prime Minister ● Ehud Olmert: Jerusalem and the Facts… Read more »
must be thinking God is on his side tonight.
I’m with the others who wish no physical harm to any creature, including the creature that is Ariel Sharon.
Yet in the memory of Sabra and Shatila, there is no sadness at his passing. May Sharon’s creator have mercy on his soul.
Pax