Stealthily, an Eagle soars high above swift and fast,
Surveying lands below for prey, its talons to grasp.
No regard for its brutal, death-inflicting pain;
Its power to rule, imposed – over all – to reign.
The innocent cower from seen threats on high,
Scurrying loved ones to hide, to stay alive;
Futile are their efforts, seeking shelter in their domain,
The Eagle’s determination; emblazoned by its name
Scavenged carcass’ lay in its wake
Evidence to its power – make no mistake
Bold and beautiful though this emblem icon may be
The evil masked within its soul – goes beyond what we see
With impunity, this creature of dominance is free to strike;
Taking what it favors, discarding what it dislikes.
Perched on high, invincible though it would seem,
Its weakness may lie in forces not otherwise seen.
The realm on which the Eagle has long relied to feed,
Its roots beginning to rot, decay, to slowly recede;
By design, nature’s resources are for all to share
But, the Eagle’s selfish greed has taken most, with little care.
Perched on high the Eagle continues to reign its domain
But, what meager value is there when no prey remain?
The lands now barren of food for feed
Soon too, into oblivion, the powerful Eagle, will recede.
Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, recently accepted the invitation of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) where he was honored by its members and Prime Minister of Israel, acknowledging Harper as a `real leader’ for his unyielding support for the State of Israel. To forever commemorate such support a bird sanctuary is to be named Stephen Harper [bird sanctuary]. (Ironically fitting since Harper, by his support of apartheid Israel `shitting’ on the lives of countless Palestinians, he, in due course, if not in name only, is to be shat upon by the birds occupying his sanctuary).
Canadians, by extension of their Prime Minister’s actions, effectively sanction and support Israel’s treatment of Palestinians and the expansion of Jewish settlements that is effectively driving Palestinians from their homelands.
The question that need be asked is: Why?.
Why is the Canadian government supporting the obvious criminal and inhuman treatment of Palestinian Peoples?
What does Canada gain by doing so and why are we not at worst, non-committal to the situation rather than supporting once side of the politic?
When did Stephen Harper as Prime Minister of Canada, gain the unanimous consent of Canadians, not the minor majority of an election, to align Canada with apartheid state of Israel?
How can Canadians stand idle and let our proud nation, respected in past decades as a peace keeping nation, sanction and allow in our name, to let this go on?
Recent statements reported by the United Nations cites Assad of Syria for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the current civil conflict, to be serious enough to warrant recommending the International Court take up the issue. Why is this not the case in the matter of Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians? What teflon coating of international acquiescence applies to the crimes against humanity and war crimes committed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu?
Harper’s alignment with the interests of Israel and his support by the members of the Jewish National Fund (JNF), effectively garners the acceptance by Canada and its citizens, of the crimes committed by the Israeli state. Did anyone bother to ask Canadians if they wanted their hands soaked in the blood of thousands of dead and the continued persecution of Palestinians? If so, they seemed to have missed asking me?
It raises the bigger issue of what `hold’ does Israel have over major western nations that they willingly, turn a blind-eye to the obvious criminality of the Israeli state? This tiny little swath of land that has the credulity of democratic and human rights respecting nations demands the answer to the question: WHY?
A schizophrenic mind
Is broadly deemed to be in decline
When compared to the normal kind
But exploration to a truth will find
That it is more rightly inclined
To garner life viewed in poly-time
This life’s view with multiple perspectives
May not be want by all even if elective
Though it offers an alternate directive
Of what might be the subjective
To make the correct choice selective
By evidence that might be less suggestive
Reality can be a tangible disconnect
When limited to that seen as correct
For dimensional constructs that inter-connect
Broadens an entity’s view upon which to reflect
Warranting a degree of intellectual respect
And not to be deemed a societal mental reject
Young man, life still a wishful dream;
The scourge of age not yet gleaned.
Hope for a tomorrow, a glinting eye;
Not yet reddened by futility’s cry.
Indestructible, energy vibrant; strong;
Seeking out a path, where to belong.
Mentored by father’s failures gain;
Open to every chance, naïve to the pain.
Hindsight; not yet a discernible word;
Experience to foster, challenges to disturb.
Promise of gains, a goal for the taking;
Lest life’s passage becomes; memories making.
What beard is this that masks the face Setting personality in repose, Making for deceit to replace; The truth ensuring never to know, If for vanity to prosper or to weep Or, faith to a religion to show; The secret the beard does keep, Meant for speculation to grow?
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The title to this, the first installment, to be a series, is titled: Investigating the Saudi Government[‘]s 9/11 Connection and the Path to Disillusionment[retired United States Senator] Sen. Graham on Reality Asserts Itself pt 1 is centered on his recent book: Intelligence Matters – The CIA, FBI, SAUDI ARABIA and the Failure of America’s War on Terrorprovides a candid insight to the workings of US and Saudi relations and their implication on US foreign policy making as it pertains to the Middle East and by extension, contemporary geo-politics.
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Standing still the earth revolving under my feet, trodden in search of purpose, exploration to the end that is written to manifest but, will realization to Reason sought succumb, unlocked from the vault of unseen limits, that sleep of Mind will forever be, derived?
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