This article, posing as journalism, is one of the most blatant examples of propaganda I've ever seen.
Corrie was a volunteer with the Palestinian-led International Solidarity Movement to End the Occupation of Palestine (ISM)
Why - what was Corrie's stake in this issue ?? The writer makes this statement as if there already is an established, internationally recognized Palestinian state.
This dossier was put before the British foreign secretary in a way that made it very difficult to ignore.
In a way difficult to ignore, what the Sam Hill is this hogwash ?? Did somebody hold a gun to their head, is blackmail involved ?? Tell us EXACTLY HOW it was presented - not some mysterious allusion to some nefarious methodology.
More than 2,000 unarmed Palestinian civilians, many of them children,
How many ?? More than 2,000 ?? Just what is a Palestinian "civilian" - I didn't know they had a standing, uniformed military force. Why the equivocation -- exactly how many, 2,019 ??
Unarmed, how does this writer know they were unarmed, more "objective" Palestinian eyewitnesses ?? What were they doing, lying in their beds sound asleep according to Palestinian eyewitnesses.
Many of them children, how many 10, 20, 1,000 ?? Show us your credentials. What's a child ?? According to the anti-smoking crowd who claims smoking kills children, anyone 23 or less who dies, and also smokes, is a child killed by smoking. By that definition, Jihad Johnny was (and still is) a child. What's this writer's definition of a "child?"
A culture of impunity permeates the Israeli military,
I don't believe that. Back it up with evidence.
which is well known for its non-investigations of itself.
Well known by whom, based on what evidence ?? Cite some OBJECTIVE evidence to support these wild claims.
In addition, they were told by members of the Washington state congressional delegation and State Department officials that if they quietly played along, justice for their daughter would ultimately be achieved.
I don't believe it. NAME the people who said this, instead of a vague reference to some delegation -- besides, I don't think ANY politician would be stupid enough to make such a statement. In the eyes of some, I'm sure they believe justice has already been achieved in the Corrie case.
Believing what their congressman, senators and State Department officials told them, the Corries have been left to swallow lies.
If, and that's a BIG IF, the Corries were told this by ALL these politicians/bureaucrats, then it probably is correct to characterize it as a lie, but -- but, I don't believe so many different people, if any at all, would have ever told the Corries such a story. If they did, then the writer should out them by name.
Is this the best our members of Congress can do for a citizen killed abroad?
Just what is it this writer wants our country to do and why ?? Instead of rhetoric, let's hear a concrete, lawful, practical suggestion.
About the author: Wendy Smith is an activist with Seattle Palestine Solidarity Committee.If this is her real name, ("Smith" give me a break) - she hardly approaches this issue with an open, objective mind. She too is as misguided as Rachel Corrie. She should stay out of the way of Bulldozers in the territory she calls Palestine.