Challenging Your Beliefs

I know that several of my posts about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict in Gaza have probably rubbed some people the wrong way. The truth is I hope it did. You see I WANT to challenge you to open your mind up to the possibility that maybe, just maybe, you have had it wrong. Its not your fault, our media is designed to portray a meme and they have done a great job of it over the years. Israel is always right and the Palestinians whether they be Hamas or Fatah or the PLO are always wrong. But facts actually matter. And the facts don't always add up to conventional wisdom.

Right now there are a lot of Americans cheerleading Israel on to eradicate Hamas, never second guessing if that is really what is going on here. The media and our elected leaders in this country have done a very effective job of portraying all Palestinans as Hamas terrorists and totally dehumanizing them. Well tonight I am going to post two clips from The Young Turks to once again challenge your beliefs. The first clip I warn you has footage of some of the carnage in the Gaza strip. But if you REALLY believe that Israel is just and right in their actions then I think you should be strong enough in your convictions to watch both clips the whole way through.





Now if you disagree with anything Cenk Uygur said in either one of those clips then I challenge you to find evidence to the contrary. And that's not a challenge for you to prove it to me, its a challenge for you to prove it to yourself. People who know they are right have no problems researching the subject because they know whatever they find will serve to bolster their position. So if you reject his reasoning and still say Israel is right but are not willing to take the time out to research your own opinion that will only serve to prove that in your heart you know you are probably wrong.