Note: Stay tuned! Related Pictures (a picture of the bastard) to come!
The bastards are always "just following orders". They must be. They say it so often! "Look, I'm sorry. Nobody passes here today. It's not my fault. I'm just following orders." Just following orders? Is it really that easy to follow orders? Do orders give that much leeway?
OK, I'm willing to accept that the Israeli Occupation machine behind the soldiers has told them that they can't let anybody pass. But who gave them the orders to point that gun at my head and threaten to kill me? Or was that an acceptable flash of independent thought?
"So, let me get this straight. You're threatening to kill us all and destroy our property?" The Scotsman seemed even a little bit surprised. The answer was Yes. And over what? Because we dared to challenge the occupation by observing a checkpoint with the goal of ensuring that justice was being carried. Justice? Justice at a checkpoint means checking the IDs and searching vehicles and people and allowing those who pose no threat to pass. That's as much justice as any Palestinian could ever dream of at a checkpoint serving the illegal Israeli occupation. When eyes are on the soldiers, they have to work. When nobody is looking, they turn the cars back from a hundred meters away, and shoot anybody who challenges them. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has to take care of the bodies, so it's not like that matters anyway.
I hope the bastard who pointed his gun at my head can read this: FUCK YOU. Not for thinking you can kill me and get away with it, but for knowing that you can. And for sleeping well at night because you're just following orders.
tarek