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War criminal Bush backs 'Israel' ground invasion of Gaza

  • By Mohammad Al-Jaber
  • Source: Axios
  • 14 Oct 2023 06:43
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Former US President George W Bush, renowned for the millions he killed and displaced, sides with the Israeli occupation and condemns the Palestinian Resistance.

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  •  President George W. Bush signs a resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq, October 16, 2002, in the East Room of the White House (AP)
    President George W. Bush signs a resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq, October 16, 2002, in the East Room of the White House, Washington, the United States (AP)

The United States needs to support the Israeli occupation, no ands, ifs, or buts, former US President George W Bush, told Axios on Friday as the Israeli occupation prepares for an onslaught of terror against the people of the Gaza Strip.

Bush called Operation Al-Aqsa Flood an "unprovoked attack" that he said was carried out by "terrorist people" to "kill innocent people", completely disregarding the drive behind the operation that constituted a revolt in the face of the Israeli occupation that has been ravaging Gaza for nearly two decades. 

"Don't be surprised if Israel takes whatever actions necessary to defend herself," he said, alluding to a long-anticipated ground invasion of the Gaza Strip that is expected to harvest thousands of lives every day. "And it's going to be ugly for a while."

Bush stressed that the Israeli occupation forces going into Gaza could mean grave losses for them. "They just called up 300,000 reservists [...] to the extent they'll be put in harm's way, it's going to be awfully difficult on the prime minister."

Throughout his interview with Axios, the former US President who led his country on multiple brutal wars that killed millions of civilians kept on referring to Hamas as "terrorists" and "cold-blooded killers", which is rich, to say the least, coming from the person whose wars killed over a million people and displaced millions of others.

"You're dealing with cold-blooded killers [...] and [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's] job is to protect this country," he underlined. "The United States needs to stand squarely [...] with Netanyahu."

It is worth noting that, among other terrorist groups and organizations, the United States once stood with what later became Al-Qaeda, and has been a supporter of autocratic regimes that massacred the people of the country they were propped up in, therefore it is no stranger to supporting regimes as criminal and brutal as the Israeli occupation.

Bush also admired the way the Biden administration has handled the situation in occupied Palestine thus far, stressing that it "started off on the right foot, it seems to me. Pretty bold statement; and that's good."

According to the former US President, the United States "should" get involved and "should care" about what is going on in occupied Palestine but only in support of the Israeli occupation.

Finally, Bush stressed that he was fully in support of the Israeli occupation once again, underlining that, as he sees it: "One side is guilty, and it's not Israel," adding that negotiation was not an option and dismissing the liberal notion that claims that "both sides are guilty."

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Bush also talked about Iran when he was asked if it had a hand in the operation conducted against the Israeli occupation, which Tehran itself had dismissed days ago. He clearly stated that he does not know as he does not "get the intelligence anymore". However, he talked about the US "accommodat[ing]" Iran when it came to its nuclear program.

"I never thought we should try to accommodate Iran in any way, shape, or form. I always felt the objective ought to be to prevent them from getting a nuclear weapon to prevent a cataclysmic event in the Middle East," he said.

He accused Iran, a country his administration once labeled as part of the "axis of evil", of "using surrogate terrorist groups; Hezbollah being the key one, of course. And, therefore, the idea of using somebody else to achieve their objective doesn't surprise me."

The immediate future for the Middle East, Bush said, "doesn't look very bright."

In the early hours of Saturday morning, the al-Qassam Brigades caught the Israeli occupation army by surprise, triggering a state of fear and chaos across the occupied territories.

As reported by The Washington Post, "The scale and scope of Saturday's barrage were unparalleled. Over 3,000 rockets targeted numerous communities in southern Israel, towns in central Israel, the Negev Desert, and even reached as far as Tel Aviv and Al-Quds."

The Post cited Israeli media reports indicating that Palestinian resistance fighters managed to capture 22 Israeli settlements in the south, including some under siege late Saturday evening, referring to a significant turn of events.

Read more: Former Mossad chief says 'Israel' had no clue what was going on

"Israel’s border with Gaza is one of the most heavily fortified in the region, walled off with a high-tech barrier fence and guarded by military outposts," according to the Post.

This portrayal indirectly underscores the remarkable display of strength exhibited by the Palestinian resistance. That said, recent footage circulating on social media has depicted the Palestinian resistance's use of a bulldozer to breach a section of fence and gain access to the occupied territory, a move that seemingly occurred "without resistance from Israeli forces."

Israeli media reported that "Israel was humiliated and defeated today," adding that "even if Gaza is destroyed... that will not atone for the most serious security failure since the Yom Kippur war."

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