Tuesday 13 July 2010

AN AMERICAN "TERRORIST" IN LONDON: KEN O'KEEFE

Ken shows his Citizenship of the World Passport

Welcome to Orwell’s ‘1984’ ladies and gentlemen, where black is white, white is black, and the truth is nothing but a word.

My 1984 reality is culminating with the United States and Israeli Governments treating me and/or charging me with being a “terrorist”. Americans worry not, you can sleep better at night knowing your “homeland” is being defended from the likes of me. And Israel, rest easy as well, it’s Ken O’Keefe and his Arab collaborators who are in the Mossad cross hairs.

All kidding aside, I am a family man, with a beautiful family, a loving wife and baby boy, a boy who will be the biggest victim if his father is no longer in his life.

How did I get here? Well my life is an open book, and one chapter includes meeting with people who resist war and occupation, but the idea that I would be involved in violence beyond self-defense is absurd. The character witnesses who truly know me will come out in force if ever I am locked up for conspiracy to commit a terrorist act.

The real reason why I have been named by Israel as ‘operative of the Hamas Terror organization’ is that I speak and defend the truth, and more importantly, I act on it. The truth is that Hamas and every other government, group or individual does what just about any of us would do if we were oppressed and violated in the ways that are inherent in war/occupation. We would resist.

I say to every red blooded American, every European, every human, if someone came into your home, threatened your family, imprisons and even kills your family what would you do? I do not care if every westerner of any station is afraid to say it, it is part of my purpose in life to say it, I would fight. In fact I would kill before I would allow my family to be harmed. I would fight to the death.

Why, how very American!

I say to my American brothers and sisters in particular, can you not see that the Iraqis, the Afghanis and the Palestinians are people? They are mothers and fathers, uncles and aunts, brothers and sisters and sons and daughters. They love their family every bit as much as you. Imagine that you were in their shoes, would you be passive? Would you sit by and watch your wife and child being violated? Or would you fight?

I want every reader of this article to come on a journey with me. We are in our home, we are brothers, poor in terms of money but rich in our love of family, we love each other as brothers do. Our wives are in the kitchen preparing food for our children.

We do our best, poor and impoverished, surrounded by war brought in the form of occupiers from half way around the world. The sound of rifle butts banging on the door shatters the semblance of peace. You, my brother go to the door quickly, but not quickly enough. The door slams open and the soldiers from another land come storming in.

With weapons pointed at our heads, they shout orders which we believe tell us to put our hands on our heads and get down on our knees. We are not sure, English is a language brought to us, not our mother tongue. Our wives come to the room frightened, begging the soldiers to calm down for the sake of the children in the other room.

The soldiers respond by shouting at our wives and pushing my wife to the ground with their assault rifles. Our hearts are racing, our manhood is being crushed, and we wonder if we are men at all.

The shouting and the chaos increases. Next comes the sound of your baby girl, you hear her crying for her mother, you imagine the look of her, terrified. Thinking of your little baby girl tears begin to fall from your face. You look to your wife; she is now on the ground bleeding from where the rifle butt slammed into her head. In the chaos you do not even know when this happened.

The soldiers begin throwing all that we own everywhere, overturning furniture, throwing papers and family items to the ground and breaking dishes. They ransack while one demands to know our names. As soon as I say my name they grab me and take me into the next room, the room between you and our children. They begin to beat me, mercilessly. They are shouting at me, but you do not know what they are saying.

Now all the children are crying frantically, the soldiers keep yelling, and you catch the word “terrorist”. You realize that they are calling me, your brother who you have known your whole life, a “terrorist”. I plead with them to stop the beating, blood drenching every inch of my face, for the sake of the children, who are by now screaming, crying and begging for mom and dad, I beg. All you can think to do is nothing, you are paralyzed, and eventually the soldiers take me away… You will never hear from me again.

Israel Terrorist State

Your children are alive, for now, and your wife will survive, but she is scarred. Your sister-in-law is without her husband, you are without your brother, your parents are without their son and the children are without a father. You find out later that “someone” gave your brother’s name to the soldiers as a “terrorist”, probably while being tortured. And that is the end of that, someone who you do not know accuses the brother you know through and through, and lives are shattered.

And so you ponder, do I do nothing or do I resist?

This is a scenario of war/occupation, it is not extreme, it is inherent. Indeed we could include scenarios where woman, wives and daughters are raped in front of husbands and fathers. You think Americans do not do this, you are wrong. War makes everyone crazy; the question is to what degree? Insanity is inherent in war, the folly of chanting the “Support the troops!” slogan while sending them off to bullshit wars could not be more stark.

And so I ask, if you came from the lands we invade, would you fight? And if you did, would you see yourself as a “terrorist”? Or a man?

And if you did not fight, would you see yourself as noble? Or a coward?

I do not intend to pass judgment, but I would fight. I would fight because I know I would rot from the inside out if I did not. As far as I am concerned, I feel nothing but kinship, love and respect for my brothers and sisters who resist, I see myself in them.

It pains me deeply to know that we, western hypocrites and citizens of morally bankrupt states are the root of the problem. We are the terrorists, us. Our entire society should face charges for crimes against humanity for our use of DU, white phosphorous, cluster bombs, etc. We should pay massive reparations and beg forgiveness for the sake of a better future world.

We claim to live in democracies, therefore we are responsible. Rather than face up to it, we remain delusional and insane, functionally insane, pretending as if we are “civilized”. We are barbaric, and not just Americans, Europeans as well. We do not have a monopoly on barbarity, but we have far more than our fair share.

When Gandhi was asked what he thought of western civilization he replied by saying, “I think it would be a good idea.”

Exactly.

I will not abandon my brothers and sisters who resist war and occupation. By being labeled a “terrorist” myself, I join you, falsely accused and persecuted, the Arabs, the Muslims, Nelson Mandela, the African National Congress, the Founding Fathers of America, the eco-warriors, the people of conscience past and present. And so be it, I am a terrorist in the eyes of the American and Canadian Government who puts me on their so-called “terror watch list”.

I am a terrorist because Israel issues press releases stating I am a “operative of Hamas” on a mission to “form and train a commando unit for the Palestinian terror organization” in Gaza; in this world of Orwellian doublespeak I am honoured, truly honoured.

The lies and depravity are oozing from you like puss from an infection of greed and power gone mad. In response I shall draw the proverbial line in the sand, those accusing and threatening me on the one side, those with me on the other side.

Ken O'Keefe, would that more people had his chutzpah

and risked being called "terrorist" as a result.

And here is what ‘WE THE PEOPLE’ stand for;

Breaking of the blockade of Gaza and Palestine 100%.

Ending imperialism, occupation and war and thus the need for violent resistance.

Ending of all forms of terrorism, with immediate emphasis on the state sponsored terrorism that is conducted with our taxes and in our name.

Replacing the war tax system with a humanity tax system.

Replacing institutionalized indoctrination with genuine education.

Rendering corporate media propaganda completely impotent.

Replacing the colour of law with justice based law.

Embracing sustainable living and respect for nature in every way.

Absolute respect for human rights for all people, without exception.

The “Golden Rule”, to do unto others as we would have them do unto us.

The way of a world citizen whose ultimate allegiance is to his entire human family and to planet Earth.

There you have it, if I am to be a “terrorist” then that is the brand I endorse. And now, I’m looking for a ship and a flotilla to go to Gaza, and I look to do it pretty soon. Who would like to join me?

TJP

Copyright 2010 ~ Ken O’Keefe

Email : ken.okeefe@alohapalestine.com Website : http://www.alohapalestine.com

Ken is a former U.S. Marine who served in the 1991 Gulf War and subsequently spoke out about the use of depleted uranium as a "crime against humanity" and the US military using soldiers as "human guinea pigs" with experimental drugs that were directly linked to Gulf War syndrome.

He is also a social entrepreneur utilizing direct action marine conservation, he is more widely known for leading the human shield action to Iraq and as a survivor of the Israeli attack on the MV Mavi Marmara in which he participated in "defending the ship" and "disarming two Israeli Commandos".

On January 7, 2004, O'Keefe burned his US passport in protest of "American Imperialism" and called for US troops to immediately withdrawal from Iraq. He replaced his US passport with a "World Passport", subsequently proclaiming himself a "Citizen of the World" with “ultimate allegiance to my entire human family and to planet Earth."

His is also legal citizen of Ireland and Palestine citizenship.

OTHER WRITINGS ON KEN O'KEEFE

KEN O'KEEFE ON BBC HARDTALK
http://snippits-and-slappits.blogspot.com/2010/06/kenneth-okeefe-on-bbcs-hardtalk.html

SHOCKING TRUTH FROM KEN O'KEEFE ~ MAVRI MARMARA ~ MORE ISRAELI CULTURAL IGNORANCE
http://snippits-and-slappits.blogspot.com/2010/06/istanbul-i-have-for-many-years.html

SHOCKING TESTIMONIAL FROM LAUREN BOOTH, MAVI MARMARA SURVIVORS
http://snippits-and-slappits.blogspot.com/2010/06/shocking-testimonial-from-mavi-marmara_13.html

8 comments:

  1. لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله
    AMERICAN LEGAL TERRORISM, BLOODY PERMITTED INJUSTICE, GENOCIAL WAR CRIMES AND VIETNAMISM, BULSHIT CHRISTOLOGY, CHRISTLESS CHRISTIANITY AND CHILDREN´S CARNIVORS.
    AMERICANISM = ZIONISM = ISRAELISM = EUROPEISM = ARABOPHOBIA = ISLAMOPHOBIA = PALESTINOPHOBIA = TOTALITARIANISM = FANATICISM = CHRISTIAN HOLY WAR = TERRORIST CHRISTOLOGY = HEARTLESS CRUSADERS = SOULESS WHOREDOM = ROOTS OF SATANISM = CONCEPTS OF VIETNAMIZATION = PRECEPTS OF BLOODTHIRSTY ORGIES = IDEOLOGY OF GAZA AUSCHWITZ = THEOLOGY OF GAZA HOLOCAUST = CATECHISM OF DEMONS = CLONES OF SATAN = CHILDREN´S CARNIVORES = GAZANS´ CHILDHOOD THIEVES = MURDEROUS CREED = TRAFFICKERS OF TERRORISM = CULTURE OF TORTURES = GENOCIDAL WAR CRIMES = CHRISTLESS CHRISTIANITY = BULLSHIT CHRISTOLOGY = POISONOUS BRANCH of FUNDAMENTALISM = ASSAULTS ON REASON = APARTHEID OF PALESTINIANS = CLONIALISM OF ISRAHELL = MASTERS OF SLAVERY = SLUTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS = GAZA HOLOCAUST PROMOTERS = GAZA AUSCHWITZ PARTNERS = NEO ARABIC MUSLIM CRUSADERS = NEO ARABIC MUSLIM ZIONISTS =EURO AMERICAN NEO ARABIC MUSLIMS = SUPPORTERS OF AMERICAN LEGAL TERRORISM = ARABIC MUSLIM FOLLOWERS OF AMERICAN SATANITY = ARAB MUSLIM ALLIED OF CHRISLESS CHRISTIANITY = SATANITY UNTIL ETERNITY = DRUNKENNESS OF MUSLIM CHILDREN´S BLOOD = MUSLIM ETHNIC CLEANSINGS.


    لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله
    ZIONISM= ISRAELISM = AMERICANISM = EUROPEISM = WESTERNISM = ROTHSCHILDISM = VIETNAMISM = CRUSADES = CHRISTIANISM = CHRISTLESS CHRISTIANITY?
    ZIONISM = ISRAELISM = AMERICANISM = EUROPEISM = WESTERNISM = ROTHSCHILDISM = FASCISM = RACISM = HATRED = APARTHEID, COLONIALISM = OCCUPATION = DOMINATION = EXPLOTATION = HUMILIATION = IMPERIALISM = EXPANSIONISM = ANIMALISM = WILDNESS = INFIDELITY = INFERNALITY = INSOLENCE = FANATICISM = SLAVERY = MASACRES = CANNIBALISM = SAVAGERY = SATANISM = VIETNAMIZATION = NAZIZATION = HITLERIZATION = TOTALITARIANISM = WICKEDNESS = BASTARDISM = BLOODSHEDDING = DAMNED CRUSADERS = SAVAGE CHRISTOLOGY = SAVAGE CULTURE = BUSHITERIST INVASORS = MURDEROUS DOCTRINE = CHRISTLESS CHRISTIANITY = CRIMINAL THEOLOGY = HARMUL CONCEPTS = DAMNED PRECEPTS = BLOOD THIRSTS = CHILDREN´S CARNIVORES = INNOCENTS´ BUTCHERS = HEARTLESS DEVILS = SOULESS DEMONS = ETHNIC CLEANSINGS = PERMITTED INJUSTICE= DRUNKENNESS OF GAZAN CHILDREN´S BLOOD = GAZAN CHILDHOOD´S THIEVES = HUMAN RIGHTS PROSTITUTION = IMPERIALIST DICTATORSHIP = DOUBLE MORALITY = HITERISM GENOCIDES = WAR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY = CULTURE OF TORTURE = TRAFFICKERS OF TERRORISM = NEO ARABIC CRUSADERS = NEO ISLAMIC ZIONISTS = WESTERN THEOLOGY OF DEATH = CULTURE OF SLOW DEATH = IDEOLOGY OF TERRORIST WORLD ORDER = CONCEPTS OF WESTERN ZIONIST POLICY = CHRISTIAN BLOODTHIRSTY ORGIES = MACRO ARABOPHOBIA = MACRO ISLAMOPHOBIA = EURO AMERICAN BLOODY CRUSADES.

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  2. "When Gandhi was asked what he thought of western civilization he replied by saying, “I think it would be a good idea.”
    You are ignorant read all of this article
    "Almost two years ago, one such Gandhi statue was removed from the University of Ghana campus after professors filed a petition saying the revered Indian independence leader was in reality a racist."
    Exactlyhttps://www.telesurtv.net/english/analysis/DNP-Debunking-the-Mythology-of-Mahatma-Gandhi--20180130-0013.html

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    1. Thank you for informing me I am an idiot. I feel so much better now.

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  3. Good Noor al Haqiqa that you are feeling better. Low self esteem is a start. Now humble your male ego and listen to an educated Indian woman and writer and actavist. She has more balls than you and Ken OKeefe put together. GANDHI WAS NO SAINT/ Ambedkar and Gandhi (The Doctor and the Saint)/ Arundhatihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1xP-yYGNbIRoyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1xP-yYGNbI

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    1. Get your knickers out of the knot you have them twisted into. I merely posted a quote as part of an article. And if you read my blog you would know I have no respect for people held up to the press as "heroes".

      As a historical revisionist by hobby, I doubt everyone and everything to the nth. I know what Gandhi was just as I know what Mandela was just as I know what Lenin and Mao were. You seem to think I am a supporter; all I am in this case is republishing a piece regarding Mr. O'Keefe. You got triggered and lost your normal approach to things with sanity perhaps?

      Now. First, darling. I am a woman, 110%. If you looked you would see images of me around, I don't hide behind a false name even though it is a nom de plume. Second. I am not a fool and have a little edderkayshun of my own.

      Third. Rudeness and arrogance such as you display only do you poorly. I am big on courtesy. In your arrogance, you ASSUMED I adore someone you detest (for good reason) just as you ASSUMED I am male.

      I found people to be SO POLITE on my travels through India. What happened to you?

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    2. BTW Your assumption of "low self esteem" was again an incorrect assumption; I was being courteous, tongue-in-cheek and realized you don't know the difference between that and courtesy via humour. Not a good trait once again. I am 70, in great shape, and embrace life fully. Oh, and I don't insult people. I remember my place in life and am grateful for it.

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    3. May I begin as woman and Indian by using your own self delusion to paraphrase and correct you. "you ASSUMED I thought you adored someone and that I detested them (for no good reason) just as you ASSUMED I thought you a male. " I have never assumed anything with regard to gender and the sexual identity of anyone when never a concern of mine. What concerned me was to correct the ignorance of non Indian people who identify with anti colonialism or human rights who use cliches of Gandhi as though he represented human rights . Using a paradox here you are ruffled by my comment on Ghandi as an icon and therefore untouchable" I have no interest in your age though I am myself 73. Of course when you can claim being courteous with a smarmy tongue in cheek don't be surprised that in the playground you will be roundly played tit for tat. As to your travels in India one can imagine what appalling shallow tourism you will have indulged in. It is time you shut your privileged mouth and read Arundhati Roy 'Capitalism a Ghost Story'. Perhaps then the smug tourist in India with their tongue firmly up their own arse can be educated. Here is a free Pirate Bay link.https://thepiratebay3.org/index.php?q=Capitalism+a+Ghost+Story&category=0&page=0&orderby=99 I look forward to your reply and impotent rage.

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    4. Just so you know,I was MARRIED to a man of Kerala. My mouth is not privileged, by Canadian standards I am extremely poor. So, don't bother to continue with your assumptions. I wasn't a "smug tourist" but a wife married to a man of Kerala with old family roots. Again, you assume. "Shallow tourism" my effing eye. As I said, you assume and you come across as very bitter and angry. I am happily minding my own business and being courteous to you and you continue to insult me. As for your comment about reply and "impotent range" can you not see how you assume and then provoke a nasty response; which I refuse to do. As for your "smarmy tongue in cheek" I have no idea what you are assuming, once again. Good bye. I really don't plan to read more of your insufferable arrogance and clinging pettily to an article posted EIGHT years ago. Get a life and find something of importance to do. You don't get that I am NOT into colonialism but it happened. C'est la vie. Now just deal with it and go do something that puts a smile on your face and keeps you from assuming ~ once again ~ about the views of an old lady on a small island in the north Pacific. You really should have more to do with your time. Good bye. I do not respond well to Rudeness.

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