Eulogizing a Mass Murderer

Stephen Lendman

On January 11, Ariel Sharon died. He's not missed. A previous article discussed his blood-drenched military and political career. It did so in depth. It explained his decades of high crimes against peace. They began before Israel's creation. They continued until his debilitating stroke induced coma. It occurred in January 2006.

Sharon was pure evil. He was satanic. He was no saint. A special place in hell awaited him. It now claims him. His criminal legacy remains. It's indisputable. It's well documented. Eulogizers largely ignored it. They did so shamelessly. Obama and other world leaders praised him. A previous article quoted them. They ignored his high crimes. They have plenty of their own to answer for. The same place in hell awaits them. Bill Clinton is one of many US unindicted war criminals. He was complicit in Sharon's crimes. One war criminal honored another. He issued a statement saying:

Ariel Sharon gave his life to Israel to bring it into being, to sustain and preserve it, and at the end of his long service, to create a new political party committed to both a just peace and lasting security. It was an honor to work with him, argue with him and watch him always trying to find the right path for his beloved country.

Congressional members mourned Sharon. House Speaker John Boehner (R. OH) called him "one of the greatest warrior-statesmen in modern history. His "contribution to establishing and defending Israel's independence is incalculable, and his devotion to peace undisputed." George W. Bush called him a "man of peace." Vice President Joe Biden said he'll lead a US delegation to his memorial service. He'll do so "to pay tribute to the unshakeable partnership between the United States and Israel." John Kerry said his "journey was Israel's journey. The dream of Israel was the cause of his life, and he risked it all to live that dream." He did so over the corpses of many thousands of Palestinian civilians he slaughtered in cold blood. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R. KY) said "Israel lost one of its greatest sons and America a friend." House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D. CA) called him "a powerful voice for his beliefs and values." He "always maintained the courage of his convictions." Other congressional members offered praise. They did so when condemnation is demanded.


Ariel Sharon, war criminal (February 26, 1928-January 11, 2014)

Jean Shaoul


The late Ariel Sharon. Here in a quiet moment with one of his acolytes,
Madeleine Albright, who later, speaking of the half a million children
the Clinton administration had killed in Iraq, calmly said: "I think this is
a very hard choice, but the price - we think the price is worth it."
(FAIR)

Former Israeli prime minister, general and unindicted war criminal Ariel Sharon was pronounced dead on Saturday, January 11 at the age 85. He had lay for eight years in a comatose state after suffering a series of strokes in January 2006.

Under investigation for corruption at the time, he had been kept alive on the insistence of his family, despite the advice of the doctors treating him, while relatives sorted out his financial affairs.

Sharon is justly reviled by millions for his policies of provocation, murder and ethnic cleansing. His entire military and political career, for which he earned the nickname “butcher of the Palestinians,” was marked by a series of atrocities carried out against both the Palestinians and Israel’s Arab neighbours. The most notorious was his collusion with the Lebanese fascist Phalange in the September 1982 massacre of over 3,000 Palestinians in the Beirut refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila, following the Israeli invasion and occupation of Lebanon.

The Israeli government-appointed Kahan Commission concluded that Sharon, as minister of defence and commander of the occupying force, bore “personal responsibility” for this barbarous crime. But he was never prosecuted and remained in the Israeli cabinet.

More than any other politician, Sharon was the architect and promoter of Israel’s expansionist policy. The cost of this policy continues to be borne directly by the Palestinian masses and indirectly by the Israeli working class, in the form of social cuts and tax hikes carried out to fund a militarised and increasingly anti-democratic state.


Ariel Sharon's Criminal Legacy

Stephen Lendman

Photo: Ariel Sharon, right, as Israeli defense minister, rides with troops in June 1982 en route to East Beirut. Sharon had received Cabinet approval to thrust 25 miles into Lebanon, for a strike that was supposed to last two days, to thwart Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel. Instead, he instructed the army to drive all the way to Beirut, where it laid siege to Yasser Arafat and his forces for two months. The invasion drew international condemnation for the high number of civilian casualties.

Gilad Sharon chronicled his father's life. He wrote his biography. It's titled "Sharon: The Life of a Leader." It discusses his history from soldier to general to political leader. According to Gilad, his father "was a much better prime minister" than Netanyahu. He was Sharon's finance minister. He claimed

[he] "gave and gave and gave." "Palestinians got and got and got, and my question is, what did we get? Nothing and nothing and nothing." "What the public wants to know is when will it get a prime minister who stops putting wind in the sails of terrorists and begins to demand things in return for concessions." Gilad calls Netanyahu "subversive." He's "coward(ly)," he added.

Sharon was 85 years old. He was in stroke-induced coma. He clung to vegetative life for eight years. He faded. He's gone. Eulogies were ready to be published. Israel calls them havatzelets. They're prepared in advance obits. They're written ahead of notable figures' deaths. Sharon's are now being published. His vital signs were weak. His kidneys failed. He clung to life for eight years. He's gone.

He was a rogue figure writ large for decades. He's responsible for numerous crimes of war and against humanity. He was Machievellian. He was a terrorist turned statesman. He never changed his ways. He was responsible for regional violence and instability for decades. He left unexplained his father's blood-drenched career. Evil best describes it. He committed multiple high crimes against peace. A special place in hell awaits him. Some call him Israel's most Nietzschean leader. Others consider him the devil incarnate.


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