Since I started this thread, I think that I'd also answer Idan's questions just in case he is still around reading. After re-reading my original posting, I see that some anger went into it, because I read about things (not war crimes, mind you, lest Idan becomes offended) on a daily basis being done by the IDF, which just make my blood boil, and that is the case since years.
Idan called my attention back then because I happen to have a quite futile interest. Just as Idan finds an interest in mycoplasma, I find it exceedingly interesting to follow the careers of IDF people after they (officially) leave the army. Idan is one among several similar examples of "ex-" hayalim who become involved in things which not many people would do, and who somehow manage to land in places and/or positions in faraway lands and where I have left asking myself a) how ? and b) with what qualification ? Even if my initial post was without merit, I think that these miracles are interesting to look at and try to understand, because, perhaps there is more to them than meets the eye. And what most confirms to me that there must be something to this all is that since about 2005 the internet has been systematically cleansed about information about (ex-)IDF personnel. Even the IDF itself redesigned their website last year and what has come out is as devoid of information as an ob-commercial.
One example of miraculous careers of other ex-hayalim would be the case of a guy who bragged in public and in writing in the 1980s about how he'd mistreated (pregnant) Palestinian women during his time in the IDF and who is currently at the head of one of the biggest govt-owned companies in the UK. Another examples which pop into mind is the guy about whom nothing is to be found out (or, my googling skills have left me) beyond some bland commendations of meritory service, and who became the head of a govt-appointed commission to set up a so-called "elite-university"in Austria. Never mind the many people who sit in political bodies of many countries either as elected representatives or (more often) as employees behind the scenes and whose *only* qualification for these positions seems to be that they have a past in the IDF and *obvious* intel training.
- you are a bit paranoid, yes. I did my stint at the army, was not involved in any crimes against humanity that I know of (unless you include that one time someone shot at me) and went away to study medical science, a subject that interests me a lot more than army crap. I then got hooked on microbiology because it's interesting. Mycoplasma are wonderous creatures (if you want to know more, check out their "antigenic variation" moves in google or wherever - sweet indeed).
Yes, I am a bit paranoid. Experience has shown me that it is appropriate to be more than just "a bit paranoid" when dealing with anybody or anything related to Israel.
Your claim that you was
"not involved in any crimes against humanity that I know of ..." is abstruse. Legally speaking, your mere presence anywhere beyond the "green line" constitutes a crime against humanity, and if you had a rank beyond that of a conscript (as you claim), I suppose that they would have taught you about the Geneva Conventions and other relevant pieces of internaitonal law to which Israel has subscribed (in bad faith obviously) at officer school. And if we go beyond these merely technical legal considerations, it is IMO correct to say that "Israel" is in its totality a criminal enterprise, so, if you "contributed" to this criminal enterprise, to quote you
"in a combat unit, I was a career officer for a while, I did reserve service, I carried loads, I was stationed at roadblocks, I guarded, I screened, I navigated, I greased, I planted landmines, I patrolled, I ambushed", then, which were the crimes against humanity which you did NOT commit ? And even supposing that you sat at office the whole day, you would still be a member of a criminal and terrorist organization (the so-called "State of Israel"), what is sanctioned in many places, including Australia. Your lack of understanding just about anything about the effects of your actions is astonishing.
I also have to ask about "that one time someone shot at me":
somebody shot at you and
you committed a crime against humanity ?! Is that not an admission of sorts ? And, why would somebody shoot at you if you had not done them harm ? Has that ever ocurred to you ?
- You'll be happy to know I'm not studying mycoplsma any more. Not that I understood what connection you make between army service in Israel and studies in Australia, but whatever. Have you considered the notion that going to australia and writing a book is something a person would actually do just because he'd like to, and not because of some shady conspiracy?
Actually I dont care what you study or what else you do, and this was also not the main point. The main point of my initial posting was the
connection, and (back then) my astonishment that somebody with so obvious a past of crimes against humanity could get employment at a respectable institution, how somebody who the day of yesterday was by his own admission involved in crimes against humanity, the next day was allowed to teach kids in a faraway country. I cant imagine anybody among the people who I know to let somebody with a past like yours to be anywhere near their kids, but perhaps in down under people think differently about such matters. Personally, I also think that a position studying microbiology is incompatible with somebody with a past in the IDF, for very obvious (to me) security implications. And such precautions should apply to many other fields of study as well.
As for "a person would actually do just because he'd like to", I find it astonishing how most IDFers get out of service and become (on the surface) exemplary citizens speaking dovish words about peace and love for all. Just 2 weeks ago I sat at the table with one such guy, a retired officer of the reserve who became a professor of archeology and who has even published writings of a more realistic outlook regarding the biblical "historical" claims about the "promised land". The interesting thing is that when pressing him or his wife just a small bit, out come the claims of "we've done no wrong" and "we too have palestinian friends", and the the same disgusting logic and inability to own up to their deeds, for which you've been banned.
As for your claim that "it's not genocide", it sounds exactly like the reasoning presented by Josef Fritzl and his advocate regarding the 24 years during which he held his daughter confined in the cellar. First Fritzl adduced that he'd done them (his daughter and the children resulting from his incestuous relation with her) just good because he had kept them from taking drugs, and the other thing which he (the advocate) said, was that Fritzl should actually earn some confidence and respect because, after all, he had not killed them all and so actually contributed to his own capture, this of course out of concern for their well-being.
So it is not genocide because you kill them one by one instead of all of them together or because you steal their land acre by acre instead of evicting them all at once, it is not crimes against humanity because you have smarter lawyers than them, and, after all, they are just "drunk cocroaches in a bottle", and you just once committed a crime against humanity when somebody shot at you, and you even have Palestinian friends. You just make me want to puke, Idan you sick f*ck.
- "avian flu" is caused by a VIRUS. Mycoplasma are BACTERIA. If you don't know the difference I'll just tell you it's a bigger difference than between yourself and an oak tree. In short, there's no connection between my research and avian flu.
Thank you for that explanation. I had never compared myself to an oak tree. How novel
Idan, you child of thunder, would you care to answer some questions I have, in order to help dispel my ignorance in matters which interest me more than mycoplasma and sick birds?
- Why do Israeli backpackers always travel in obvious military formations, in groups of between 5 and 9 people ?
- Why do they seek to hide this military formation in some geographies, but not in others ?
- Why do all these groups have 1 or (at most) 2 females among them ? I was told that this is so in order to avoid that the guys get in bed with goy women and spill the beans about whatever they are doing - is this true ?
- Why do all these groups have one guy who is the obvious leader (officer ?) who tells the others what to do and who holds all the money of the group, often a fat roll of cash ?
- Why and about what do these officers confer with each each time some of these groups encounter each other somewhere ?
- Why do these groups appear even in remote places with no obvious touristic value ? For example, such groups and individuals have been reported crossing from Canada to the US in remote regions of Montana, those reporting them describe them as having obvious military SF training in avoiding detection.
- All the integrants of such groups carry with them a gadget about the size of a match box and which has different forms and looking. For what is it and why do these people manipulate it all the time ?
- Some of these groups appear to carry (electronic ?) equipment or weapons concealed in their backpacks. What are they and for what are they used ?
- In which unit did you serve, when, and in which rank ? Who was your commanding officer in Hebron?
- Would you mind posting a picture of yourself where your face is clear ?
I am sure that you wont mind answering these questions, because you and the other "ex-" hayalim are beyond reproach, after all, for your actions. You may use the Email link at the left since you've been banned.
