Charles Foster Johnson (1953) American musician
April 9, 2008 http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=29562_Another_Palestinian_Mass_Murder_Attack&only
Test yourself: Are you pro human rights, or just anti-Israel? http://blog.unwatch.org/index.php/2014/07/16/test-yourself-are-you-pro-human-rights-or-just-anti-israel/ July 16, 2014
Charles Foster Johnson (1953) American musician
April 9, 2008 http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=29562_Another_Palestinian_Mass_Murder_Attack&only
Bernie Sanders (1941) American politician, senator for Vermont
As quoted in "Massively inflating toll, Sanders suggests Israel killed ‘over 10,000 innocents’ in Gaza" http://www.timesofisrael.com/massively-inflating-death-toll-sanders-says-israel-killed-over-10000-innocents-in-gaza/ by Eric Cortellessa, The Times of Israel (5 April 2016) <br class="br">"Sanders' estimate far exceeds even Palestinian sources, which estimate that 1,462 Palestinians were killed out of the 2,251 Gaza War fatalities in 2014. Israeli figures are lower." Ariel Cohen, "Sanders: Israel 'indiscriminately' killed '10,000' Palestinians" http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/sanders-israel-indiscriminately-killed-10000-palestinians/article/2587752 Washington Examiner (5 April 2016) <br class="br">2010s, 2016
“Innocent people were targeted for killing. Hospitals and ambulances were attacked.”
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
2011, Address on interventions in Libya (March 2011)
Context: Innocent people were targeted for killing. Hospitals and ambulances were attacked. Journalists were arrested, sexually assaulted, and killed. Supplies of food and fuel were choked off. Water for hundreds of thousands of people in Misurata was shut off. Cities and towns were shelled, mosques were destroyed, and apartment buildings reduced to rubble. Military jets and helicopter gunships were unleashed upon people who had no means to defend themselves against assaults from the air.
Confronted by this brutal repression and a looming humanitarian crisis, I ordered warships into the Mediterranean. European allies declared their willingness to commit resources to stop the killing. The Libyan opposition and the Arab League appealed to the world to save lives in Libya. And so at my direction, America led an effort with our allies at the United Nations Security Council to pass a historic resolution that authorized a no-fly zone to stop the regime’s attacks from the air, and further authorized all necessary measures to protect the Libyan people.
Noam Chomsky (1928) american linguist, philosopher and activist
Quotes 2000s, 2001 <br class="br">Context: The September 11 attacks were major atrocities. In terms of number of victims they do not reach the level of many others, for example, Clinton's bombing of the Sudan with no credible pretext, destroying half its pharmaceutical supplies and probably killing tens of thousands of people (no one knows, because the US blocked an inquiry at the UN and no one cares to pursue it). Not to speak of much worse cases, which easily come to mind. But that this was a horrendous crime is not in doubt. The primary victims, as usual, were working people: janitors, secretaries, firemen, etc. It is likely to prove to be a crushing blow to Palestinians and other poor and oppressed people. It is also likely to lead to harsh security controls, with many possible ramifications for undermining civil liberties and internal freedom.<br><br>A Quick Reaction, September 12, 2001 http://www.chomsky.info/articles/20010912.htm.
Ian McDonald book The Tear
In Galactic Empires, edited by Gardner Dozois, reprinted in Rich Horton (ed.), The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2009 (p. 506)
Short fiction, The Tear (2008)
Kent Hovind (1953) American young Earth creationist
Creation seminars (2003-2005), Lies in the textbooks
Bernard Cornwell (1944) British writer
Narrator, p. 283
Sharpe (Novel Series), Sharpe's Fortress (1999)