{"id":44997,"date":"2023-12-09T13:07:45","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T21:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=44997"},"modified":"2023-12-10T08:37:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T16:37:42","slug":"us-creates-its-own-day-of-infamy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/09\/us-creates-its-own-day-of-infamy\/","title":{"rendered":"US Creates Its Own Day of Infamy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>December 8th now makes 2 consecutive calendar Days of Infamy for America. But this one, coming 82 years and a day after the first, is not from an attack on America. It comes from America\u2019s descent into madness, enabling and supporting Israel\u2019s genocidal ethnic cleansing of Gaza after the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The UAE sponsored the UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. Within 24 hours they garnered nearly a hundred co-sponsors from the UN\u2019s 193 members. UN Secretary-General Antonio Gutierrez invoked rarely used Article 99 of the UN Charter to bring the resolution to the Security Council for immediate consideration over \u201cthreats to international peace and \u201chumanitarian catastrophe in Gaza\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But the US blocked the resolution with a dastardly veto. Thirteen other members voted for it, including some of America\u2019s staunch allies. Even our most lockstep ally Britain abstained. The US now stands alone in supporting Israel\u2019s campaign making Gaza uninhabitable.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Ministers from Egypt, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey came to D.C. to plead with Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to support the ceasefire. But Blinken put them off till after the after the UN vote.<\/p>\n<p>When questioned about the devastation in Gaza, Biden, Blinken just nod and mutter something about imploring Israel to try harder not to annihilate all the Palestinians there. Meanwhile Netanyahu tells his war cabinet \u201cWe need 3 things from the US: munitions, munitions, and munitions.\u201d And he gets them PDQ.<\/p>\n<p>How bad is that annihilation? Roughly 70% of the 70,000 deaths and injuries are women and children. UN chief Gutierrez cited Article 99 for the first time since 1971 in calling the emergency session to address the \u201chumanitarian nightmare Gaza is facing.\u201d He cited endless bombings that have hit 339 schools, 26 hospitals, 56 health care facilities, 88 mosques and three churches.<\/p>\n<p>Besides Gaza being destroyed, President Biden is ensuring that America\u2019s standing in the world is being destroyed as a beacon of peace and freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, mark December 8th on the calendar as another American Day of Infamy.<\/p>\n<p><i>Walt Zlotow became involved in antiwar activities upon entering University of Chicago in 1963. He is current president of the West Suburban Peace Coalition based in the Chicago western suburbs. He blogs daily on antiwar and other issues at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heartlandprogressive.blogspot.com\">www.heartlandprogressive.blogspot.com<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 8th now makes 2 consecutive calendar Days of Infamy for America. But this one, coming 82 years and a day after the first, is not from an attack on America. It comes from America\u2019s descent into madness, enabling and supporting Israel\u2019s genocidal ethnic cleansing of Gaza after the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel. 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