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Gaza - Come on Cameron, Your Silence is Deafening!
GreatGodPan
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Cameron and the British government have remained completely silent about the condemning of Israel in the Gaza slaughter. While (rightfully) condemning Hamas and calling for a ceasefire not one word has escaped the lips of Cameron or Hammond about condemning Israel's disproportionate actions.
Cameron seems to enjoy taking to the world stage (Blair fashion) and upping his international profile - Libya, miffed at being baulked in Syria, and now he's gleefully enjoying throwing stones at the Russian bear before dodging back to hide behind Uncle Sam's coattails.
And yet - this massacre in Gaza gets very little attention. Perhaps rather than getting red in the face over Putin he can spare a thought for those suffering.
Come on Dave! What's the matter with you?
Cameron seems to enjoy taking to the world stage (Blair fashion) and upping his international profile - Libya, miffed at being baulked in Syria, and now he's gleefully enjoying throwing stones at the Russian bear before dodging back to hide behind Uncle Sam's coattails.
And yet - this massacre in Gaza gets very little attention. Perhaps rather than getting red in the face over Putin he can spare a thought for those suffering.
Come on Dave! What's the matter with you?
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/02/ed-miliband-david-cameron-inexplicable-silence-gaza
In the world according to Dave, highlighting his silence over the matter is "playing politics" - he's a feeble excuse for a prime minister.
The person who aims and pulls a trigger at the child is the murderer.
Oh please. War is not that simple. Why does Hamas keep storing their rockets in schools and hospitals when they know Israel needs to destroy them? They are killing their own children.
Your trying to reconcile the horror of murdering a child by reversing the blame on the victim. I understand you do that so you can sleep at night but the person who pulls the trigger is the person who kills.
Neither side will care
Miliband has now criticised Cameron over his failure to censure Israel.
Yes, if a person aims at the child.
At the other end of the scale
How about the tube driver when someone is pushed off the platform?
I can sleep at night anyway. Thousands of children have been killed in Syria too but it wasn't reported in such a ridiculously over the top emotive way. With all the photos of dead kids being tastelessly bandied around. Children die around the world constantly and have for years. Have you always cried for Africa every night? The focus on the children feels massively manipulative to me. It's all very South Park "somebody think of the children!!!" Especially Jon Snow's embarrassing and unprofessional display.
You are being emotionally manipulated by the media.
Not spineless but wise in that case, surely? Do you think he should put all the above at risk just for a nice sound bite that won't make any difference anyway?
One of the largest and best equipped military forces in the world kills children in their sleep. Firstly blame the victims and then denounce any criticism as emotional manipulation. This just proves my point that your reversing the blame.
Anyways as GGP says, this is OT
What? I didn't blame the victim. I blamed Hamas.
Exactly. In my opinion, you can't condem one, without the other. More importantly, we can't exactly help the terrorists, now can we?
Ed's playing politics. Nothing new there.
And there lies the reasons it remains untouchable, unlike most other countries. You also have the Tories, friends of Israel MP's and backers to consider, and donations and support. Dave is doing the country a disservice by not reflecting the anger of most of the nation, one can only wonder why he isn't...
He has every right to point it out, it's what's expected of the opposition.
So a religion of just 13.5 million has such a drastic effect on the other 5 BILLION people in the world , interesting concept
The victims families are also victims.
I would love to hear them expand on this.......
Do they have a problem with the timing of Ed's comment? Do they think the public are not discussing this topic right now? Maybe their e-mail is down?
Politician discusses politics shocker.
I think we're all getting quite tired of this excuse by Israel. Were children playing football human shields?
Or those that were killed in UN shelters?
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Of course he has, but it's not his rights that I'm criticising, it's his reasons for doing so.
The fact that Cameron hasn't waded into the debate, upping the ante on a situation already more than over-inflamed doesn't indicate his support for Israel's response.
Anyway a good war might be what the world needs. A few killed for 100 years of peace and save future lives!
Playing football while the area is being bombed isn't exactly a good idea.
And what use are the shelters if they don't protect from the bombs?
If you are getting tired of the excuses and deaths, then get Hamas to stop attacking Israel.