رسالة الى باراك اوباما من مواطن فلسطيني
رسالة الى باراك اوباما من مواطن فلسطيني
السيد الرئيس باراك
لقد تابعت بشغف حملتك الانتخابية والمناظرات التي دارت بينك وبين المرشحين لمنصب الرئاسة الامريكية وكنت مقتنعا انك ستنجح.
سألتني صديقة امريكية من افضل ان يفوز انت ام جون ماكين وكان جوابي انه اذا كانت تسأل من افضل للولايات المتحدة فأنا اعتقد انك انت الافضل وحين سألتني لماذا؟ اجبت للاسباب التالية:
أولاً: انك تحمل رؤية اقتصادية افضل من ماكين وهذا ما يحتاج اليه الامريكيون الان.
ثانياً: انك تحمل وعياً سياسياً افضل من ماكين وانك تفضل الحوار حتى مع من تعتبرهم اعداء امريكا وهذا ما يفتقد اليه الجمهوريون حيث ان خيارهم الاول هو الحرب.
ثالثاً: انك تحمل رؤيا اجتماعية وتؤمن ان العالم لن يكون افضل للامريكيين الا اذا كانوا متزنين في علاقتهم مع العالم، واكملت لصديقتي انها اذا كانت تسأل من الافضل لنا نحن كعرب ومسلمين فأجبتها ان الامر سيان فلو فزت انت او فاز ماكين فان السياسة الخارجية الامريكية لن تتغير فأنا اعتقد انها خارج صلاحيات الرئيس الامريكي، هي امر قرر فيه منذ امد بعيد ولا مجال لتغييره ودليلي على ذلك انه بتغيير الزعماء الامريكيين وتغير الحزب الحاكم على مدى عقود مضت لم تتغير السياسة الخارجية ابدا حتى في الامور الثانوية.
قالت لي صديقتي انني مخطئ وانك لست كغيرك من الزعماء الامريكيين وكنت اتمنى ان تكون محقة.
للاسف موقفك من العدوان الاسرائيلي على غزة اثبت انني على حق وان لا رئيس امريكياً على الاطلاق يملك قرارا فيما يتعلق بكيفية التعامل مع الشرق الاوسط، وبت اعتقد جازما ان اي رئيس منتخب يستلم ملفا يوجهه في كيفية التعامل مع الشرق الاوسط ويبين له مدى حرية التحرك التي يملكها والخطوط الحمراء التي لا يستطيع تجاوزها، الجميع بات يعلم ان اليمين المسيحي المتطرف وجماعات الضغط المناصرة لاسرائيل هم من يديرون ملف السياسة الخارجية الامريكية.
ما اردت ان اقوله لك من خلال رسالتي هذه انني كنت (حال الكثيرين من العرب والمسلمين) نعتبر ان خلافنا مع الحكومة الامريكية وليس مع الشعب الامريكي.
كيف هي عائلتك، اننى ادعو ان تكبر بناتك ويصبحن سيدات تفخر بهن وبما يفعلن، وهذا ما ارادتة كل الامهات في غزة لاولادهن الذين يقتلون كل يوم على يد الجيش الاسرائيلي الذي ساويت بينه وبين ضحيته.
هل حقا تؤمن ان صاروخا صنع في ورشة لتصليح السيارات يساوي صاروخا تطلقه طيارة اف 16′ وهل حقا تعتقد ان استشهاد 1000 فلسطيني يساوي مقتل 7 اسرائيليين.
انا كنت صديقا لامريكا ولم اعتقد يوما اني سادعو القاعدة ان تضرب امريكا مرة اخرى ولكن يا سيدي تصور اني انا الصديق بت افخر بما فعل اسامة بن لادن لانكم تثبتون كل يوم ان كلماتكم عن حقوق الانسان والحرية تنتهي عندما تصل العرب.
يا سيدي وانا الصديق اقول لك انك اعطيتني 1000 سبب لاتمنى الموت لكم فتصور حال اعدائك الذين ليسوا بحاجة للمزيد من الاسباب لقتلكم. انا اناشدك ان لا تعطي اطفالنا المزيد من الاسباب لكرهكم، اناشدك ان تفكر في اطفال العالم. لمرة واحدة لا تترك الامريكيين يتحملون خطيئة اسرائيل.
نزار منصور
Hmmmm, I remember Palestinians dancing in the streets handing out sweetmeats and celebrating after 911. Do you think I REALLY care what happens in Gaza?
My heart aches for the Palestinian people. The
US is pass due to change it’s policy in the Middle
East.
Ground root organizations are beginning to gain momentum. Hopefully the noise will be loud enough.
I feel compassion for both the Palestinians and the Israeli’s. Both are children of God and both deserve a homeland and to live in peace. Slaughtering each other is barbaric and cannot be the answer. We Americans need to help these people to learn to co-exist in peace. Our national security depends on it. The global community needs to stop creating wars and conflicts. We need to focus our collective energies on fighting the environmental challenges that threaten the extinction or near extinction of life on this planet. WAR IS SO PASSE!
Reply to Vichysmores….ITS EXACTLY THAT KIND OF
INTOLERANT ATTITUDE MY FRIEND THAT HAS HATRED FOR THE USA AT AN ALL TIME HIGH. THINK HOW MUCH BETTER THE PLANET WOULD BE IF WE STOPPED THE HATRED AND THE VIOLENCE. IT HAS TO START SOMEWHERE, OPEN YOUR EYES AND SEE AND BE TOLERANT OF DIFFERENT RELIGIONS AND CULTURES. A
Reply to jmur.
Interesting. They dance in the street and celebrate after 911. No comment from you. I do not celebrate over the deaths in Gaza. I do not dance over the deaths in Gaza. I do not hand out treats over the deaths in Gaza. I am indifferent. How is this intelerant? Please explain. And try to do so without yelling. Also explain why I have to be more tolerant of people who want me and my children death. You want a reasonable discourse on how civilized people should act? Take you head from the sand, or whereever it is stuck, and provide a reasonable response. From your logic, I should not hate those who hate me. Sorry, pal. Wrong address.
I would not say Vichysmores attitude is intolerant, it just shows the thinking by some people on both sides.
If it was an easy problem, we would have solved it a long time ago. The “all or nothing” attitude about a lasting peace is something that will keep this conflict going no matter who is president.
Look at how close they came with the Camp David 2000 Summit, that President Arafat rejected. By the time they finally got around to continuing negotiations, Ehud Barak was out f office. This was the last time a Democratic president was in office.
The situation is much worse eight years later. You have two governments now, Hamas & Fatah, and very little room to negotiate.
Reply to dedwars.
Yours is a reasonable approach. However, one of the parties is dedicated to the destruction of the other. Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Moslem Brotherhood, and the rest of the religious nutcakes will only be satisfied with the destructiob of Israel. Takes two to talk. Terrorist do not talk. They kill. That’s all they want. They run Gaza. …
Reply to Dave Weaver:
So Dvae please explain “it just shows the thinking by some people on both sides.”
911 terorist attack on the USA = Palestinians dancing in the streets. Israel attacks Gaza = my indifference. Please explain how these are equal? Also, please explain, which side I am on? You are correct Arafat threw peace away. Now Hamas is in Gaza, and there can be no dealing with terrorist. All they care about is the destruction of Israel in the short term and the West in the long term
vichysmores,
I meant the “Do you think I REALLY care what happens in Gaza?” part. I think a lot of people in Gaza do not care what happens to Israel either. When both sides do not care about the other, it is hard to find a lasting peace.
It is not an easy problem to solve, and I cannot see it getting any easier. Hamas has its goals ( on of which is the destruction of Israel ) and is not an easy organization with which to negotiate to say the least. And those goals do not lead on a path to peace.
The people who live in Gaza , although they voted for Hamas, are bearing the brunt of the retaliation for Hamas’s actions. Yes, Hamas is a terrorist organization, terrorizing even Gaza residents. However, Fatah was fraught with corruption , and that lead to Hamas being elected.
And there is the problem, the people in Gaza cared more about a less corrupt government than they cared about peace with Israel. The people in Israel care more about the rocket attacks than they do about peace in Gaza.
Neither side sees a light at the end of the tunnel, and do not care about a final solution.
Reply to Dave Weaver:
Well, in this you are correct. My bad. I just find the situatinal morality that some employ on this and others to be disingenuous in the extreme. On both sides. If only Arafat had accepted the offer at Camp David. But these are, quite honestly, issues that we, as Americans, cannot understand, because we have not had simliar experiences. men of women of goodwill tend not to live long in the Middle East. Ask any Palestinians, and I would bet dollars to dimes that part of the “peace” settlement is either the actual destruction of Israel or virtual destruction through the “right of return.” Until Palestinians, and Syrians, and Egyptiana, and Iraqia, and Iranians, yadda yadda yadda, agree that Israel has a right to exist, there will be no peace.