Posted on 01/07/2009 7:17:09 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
Mexico's Zapatista rebel leader "Subcomandante" Marcos slammed US president-elect Barack Obama for failing to speak out on Israel's bombing of Gaza, in a speech on Friday marking the 15th anniversary of his rebellion.
The masked leader of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation -- which rose up in arms in Chiapas, southeast Mexico, on January 1, 1994 -- also critized a government clampdown on spiraling drug violence, in his first public appearance in more than a year.
Obama "supports the use of force" against Palestinian people, Marcos said in a speech to some 2,500 leftist politicians and activists from 25 countries.
Obama has kept a low profile on the Gaza conflict, stressing that there is only one president at a time ahead of his inauguration on January 20.
Marcos also criticized Mexican President Calderon for his clampdown on drug violence, with the deployment of more than 36,000 soldiers countrywide so far failing to stop more than 5,300 deaths in drug-related attacks last year.
"Calderon promised he'd use all the force of the state against organized crime, but it's evident that organized crime directs the force of the state," Marcos said.
The rebel leader's Zapatista insurrection left 150 people dead before a ceasefire was declared 12 days later.
The small guerrilla army has now essentially become a political movement that groups several indigenous and peasant organizations as well radical leftist militants.
In July 2006, Marcos led a protest march to Mexico City against the alleged fraudulent election of Calderon earlier that month.
The anniversary meeting is due to end Sunday.
he does not want to say he is against israel before he is inaugurated. that is the only reason for the silence.
So much for international socialist solidarity/s
Get out the popcorn!:)
His Harvard education was obtained and paid for by Muslin Arabs
He Counts not one, but two former PLO spokesmen as his close personal friends (Edward Said and Rashid Khalidi)
So what’s a Muslim PLO sympathizer going to say?
Gads, I was hoping ol’ Comandante Marcos was dead. He might as well be, I guess. Nothing says has-been like yesterday’s revolutionary.
When I think of the Marine Band being the “President’s Band” I almost get physically ill. An illegal alien from Kenya the next president, this country is goin’ down hard. The rug will probably be green with crescent and star.
Does he swear in on a Black Liberation Theology “bible” (small B) because he is NO CHRISTIAN. Jesus did NOT teach black, brown, yellow or white liberation, he taught liberation and forgiveness of sins through a belief in Him and none other.
Allah HAD NO SON.
Marcos thought trashing Seattle during the WTO riots was a great victory for his agenda, he just hates western civilization.
well said.
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