Cosby accusers shouldn’t profit from their assertions
First and foremost, absolutely none of the “ladies” who have suddenly remembered being “assaulted” by Bill Cosby should realize any monetary gain whatsoever from this fiasco. They have simply jumped aboard the “#MeToo” bandwagon in hopes of profiting from it. It is unbelievable that a man with the small fortune Cosby obviously must have accumulated from his long career in entertainment should have to resort to “rape” when desiring sexual favors from a woman. His wealth would most certainly have allowed him to acquire countless young women to fill that bill. Let’s face it: Bill Cosby has been railroaded by women looking for monetary gains and a willing group of prosecutors anxious to reap notoriety from this conquest.
BOB GRAYSON, CUMMING
U.S. adventuring in Mideast overlooks suffering in Gaza
There was the 9/11 tragedy, then followed by the neocon-induced Iraq invasion that shattered the fragile cohesion of the region. That let loose forces of chaos — ISIS, the Syrian civil war, refugees, terrorism globalized, and so on. And then the poison-gas casualties in Syria, a “humanitarian” crisis per President Trump, and our missiles struck Syria’s WMD targets. Ironically, that “humanity” does not extend to refugees.
And, there are the current Israeli target-killings of Palestinians, imprisoned behind barbed-wire in Gaza (“Dozens injured in Gaza protests, AJC, May 5). And why protests? Because of widespread desperation of blockade-linked hardships, two million people barred from travel, about two-thirds of the young unemployed, power available only a few hours daily, etc. As the dehumanization-extermination of Palestinians continues, Israel’s PM Netanyahu calls it “holy work,” and Justice Minister Shaked calls for Palestinian genocide.
Yet, Gaza bleeds alone as liberals/progressives go mute. There is little outrage and condemnation in the U.S. Our human-rights anxieties remain so selective, obviously.
S.M. GHAZANFAR, ACWORTH
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