The recent killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is a perfect example of understanding all that is wrong with Western policies in the region. Every leader the Israelis kill reminds the world of past transgressions to freedom.

To Be American

People ask me all the time whether or not I hate my own country because my views do not agree with the blanket propaganda that blots out the truth about world conflicts. It saddens me that very few of my countrymen even question, “Why?” To Americans, the death of Sinwar is just another victory for the poor Israelis surrounded by countless enemies with evil and malice against Jews. To most Westerners, anyone classified as a terrorist or even an enemy of the current liberal order is just that, a lunatic with a similar killing indiscriminately and without cause—end of story, and Hurrah for Bibi Netanyahu and Co.

But, if we ask what led Yahya Sinwar or dozens of others to take up arms against the Israelis, eventually, we are labelled Anti-Semites or Jew haters. Perhaps this is why most Americans don’t bother to think about the people of Gaza being exterminated. Western PR astroturf simply covers the more profound thought and investigation to discover who people like Yahya Sinwar are and what motivates them. It seems appropriate here to take a closer look at the man Israel says their child soldiers stumbled on and killed the other day. This Wikipedia citation offers insight by giving the busy American or British online scribe the “simple” answer:

“By launching the deadliest attack in Israel’s history, Sinwar triggered a war with Israel that resulted in widespread destruction, casualties, and destabilization of the Middle East.”

In the America I grew up in, we studied free speech and open discussion of every subject. We were taught to question. Somehow, we no longer try to........

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