GAY MASS MURDER: YOUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS HARD AT WORK

The UK press is now officially reporting that one of the fruits of American Democracy in Iraq under the US occupation is a growing epidemic of homosexual executions by Shia militias and the American-trained Baghdad police force.

Google the subject so that you can read just how well this has been covered in the American media and condemned by the White House.   Or, I'll save you the time: not at all.

This subject, which is simply non-existent on the American radar screen, will be  featured in a documentary appearing tonight on national British television.

As shocking and as abominable as these mass gay murders are, I'm more disturbed by the complete and utter indifference to this horror in Washington and in the American media.

I suppose Anderson Cooper knows about this, but we wouldn't want him to  jeopardize his integrity by covering an issue that concerns the slaughter of gay men and teens as well as boys as young as 11 who are being sold into same-sex prostitution, apparently a thriving and profitable trade in the new American democracy.

According to an Iraqi LGBT group based in London, many of the executions are being conducted by Iraqi policemen themselves and partly within the law.

The new Iraqi constitution, approved and endorsed by the White House, offers protections to people who murder gays.

The UK documentary will report that "Homosexuality is seen as so immoral that it qualifies as an 'honour killing' to murder someone who is gay - and the perpetrator can escape punishment. Section 111 of Iraq's penal code lays out protections for murder when people are acting against Islam."

Your taxpayer dollars hard at work to build a better world.

And when you find yourself succumbing to anti-Israeli and Anit-Semitic sentiments, keep in mind that it is this very same Shia world view that is the enemy in Lebanon.

Comments

[JW]

So what you're saying here in your last paragraph is in effect that it is perfectly OK, commendable even, for Israel to bomb Lebanon back into the Stone Age, because that will help the gays in Iraq?
Explain yourself please.

[Aaron]

My fear is that -- by choosing "revenge" over "security" -- Israel is doing its citizens a profound disfavor. And, in addition, it is making the world a much more dangerous place for the rest of us in the Western world.

I understand how emotionally satisfying the strikes against Hezbollah must seem to Israelis, but I think that they will serve only to inflame anti-Israel sentiment in the region and make the country less safe than ever.

Beyond that, I think that the air attacks on Beirut and on the Lebanese infrastructure generally was an extremely risky gambit on the part of Israel. Beirut was supposed to have epitomized all of our aspirations for the Middle East -- a prosperous Arab city with a modern, secular outlook.

When I saw Israel bombing Beirut, I could only think that this entire idea -- that of a moderate, peace-loving Middle East -- was just going up in smoke.

No one doubts how evil the Hezbollah organization has been in the past. The question is, how do you lead them into a future that is not dangerous for Israel and -- by extension -- North America and Europe? I don't think that this bombing campaign is it.

I hope I am proven wrong, but somehow I suspect that I won't be.

[Devin]

You mention the Iraqi constitution protecting those who kill gays, but then go on to quote that its the Penal Code, not the constitution.

The penal code was not only written in 1969, it also isn't targeted specifically at people who kill homosexuals, it's ANY honor killing. I'm not saying it's alright, I'm just wondering how it involves their constitution and our governments approval of it.

[JW]

Aaron: you "fear" that Israel is doing its and the world's citizens a profound disfavor???
You "think" the strikes against Hezbollah will only serve to inflame anti-Israel sentiment??
Beirut "was supposed" to have epitomized all of our aspirations for the Middle East???
And you "don't think" this bombing campaign is the answer ???

I thought you were a man of clearcut ideas! So why this beating around the bush all of a sudden?

Anyway, an article from Europe (may contain shocking views on the Middle East) :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1835247,00.html