Mr. Wolf Blitzer
CNN Late Edition
lateedition@cnn.com
Subject: August 19, 2001. 12 to 12.45 pm program on Palestine
(Suggestion on
ending terrorism)
Dear Mr. Blitzer
Perhaps you deserve congratulation on having such a big chunk of CNN
time all
to yourself. I would like to recommend that you provide some diversity
on
complex issues like the conflict in Palestine.
Today your program became so slanted in favor of Israel that it can be
described as propaganda. You had two senators on, Durbin (D) from
Illinois
and Allen (R) from Virginia, both supportive of Israel and dismissive
of
Palestine. In fact Sen. George Allen went beyond the line of duty to
condemn
Palestinian "terrorism."
I wonder what you expect your viewers to gain from such a one-sided
program
which simply ignored the Palestinian perspective. Perhaps you were
trying to
show bi-partisan support for Israel. Or perhaps you are from the
pre-internet
era when the major media behaved as if they could make Palestine a
non-issue
by simply ignoring it. Nowadays that simply doesn't work. Take this
very
email, for instance: I am sure you will ignore it but it will be picked
up by
thousands of readers on the internet and the world-wide-web.
As for the issue of "terrorism", I have a suggestion which can end such
"terrorism." The United States should supply the latest tanks, planes,
surveillance equipment and night fighting equipment to the
Palestinians. Thus
the Palestinians will be able to fight the Israelis on the basis of
conventional weaponry and there will be no need for their young people
to
blow themselves up to get back at the Israelis who have killed nearly
500
Palestinians, mostly children and young people ages 10 to 18 to 24.
I wonder if you have read the history of the Warsaw ghetto and the
fighting
in the Ukraine during World War II. In those instances, when the Jews
became
desperate enough to attack the SS in their barracks where they stayed
with
their families and civilian attendants, would you have any qualms about
the
families of the SS and Nazi civilians getting killed in the process?
Sincerely
Kaukab Siddique, Ph.D
410-638-5965
2001-08-23 Thu 18:34ct