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Barcelona, Roger Waters, White Helmets

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by Phillip Roddis
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Pink Floyd fan for half a century, and neutral on the band’s
A
acrimonious eighties divorce, I was thrilled by
Roger Waters’ denunciation – an unequivocal
exception to the rule that celebs are
intimidated by the Western world’s most powerful lobby –
of an Israel I recently described as:
“
[the] world’s premier ethnographic crime
scene and, alongside the USA, its most
serial breacher of international law. Also –
a fact insu ciently appreciated by a pro-
Palestinian lobby understandably focused
on immediate injustices – up there with
Saudi Arabia as regional enforcer, covert
and overt, for the West.
Alas, many who support the Palestinian cause

nevertheless buy the mainstream line on Syria. A vitriolic
example is given by this comment from the pro-Palestinian
Israeli – yes, there are more of them than Labour Friends

of Israel would have us think – Dimi Reider, who took to FB
to say:
“
If you think Assad is somehow an anti-
imperialist actor, or if your basic
assumption is that he COULDN’T
POSSIBLY gas his own people and it
MUST BE a western conspiracy (NB: as
distinct from supporting calls for UN
inspectors to be allowed IMMEDIATE
access to sites of suspected attacks),
you’re on the same page in my book as
neo-Nazis, Stalinists and holocaust
deniers. It also says a great deal about
your intellectual capacity and about your
propensity to readily fall for dubious
journalism that adds to victim blaming
and atrocity denials. And no, your
progressive/radical positions on Palestine
or any other issue don’t make up for that,

just like pinkwashing doesn’t mitigate the
Occupation. Feel free to unfriend me,
because any comments to the above
e ect are unwelcome. There is a time and
place for debates, but not while a
genocide is being committed and the
perpetrators are actively being provided
cover under the imsiest of guises that
simply enable further atrocities.
Reider’s fact-free ad hominems are standard fare in my

experience, but I mustn’t stray from my brief here. Being
pro Palestinian may be cuddly and non controversial for
you and me – akin to being anti-Apartheid in the seventies
– but is riskier for celebrities who face the real possibility of
blacklisting. So let’s hear it for Roger, a man of principle
and courage – and at a stage in life and career where he
can take the heat and shrug o any commercial
repercussions.
(Back in 2015 I heard Keith Richards on Desert Island Discs

– recommended listening for one of the best record
selections I’ve heard on the programme. The warmth
between Keef ‘n Kirsty is palpable, and when she asks him
why the Stones still go on tour – “it can’t be that you need
the money” – he says: “well we may be deluding ourselves
but we actually think we’re getting better”. Priceless, and
equally applicable to Mr Waters.)
My other point is that for every ten who’ll defend Palestine,

you’ll be lucky to nd a single one defending Damascus in
the face of Syria’s seven year assault by those false and
venal friends of a people that, not four years ago, gave
Assad a deafening mandate. By false friends I mean, of
course, governments in the West – and their friends, those
elusive ‘moderate Islamists’.
So what does Roger Waters do on receiving, directly and

via his agent, emails from doubly ill informed advocates
for that trojan horse of Syrian regime change – the bogus,
jihadi embedded and generously funded – by your taxes
and mine – White Helmets?
Here’s what he does…
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Steve
April 22, 2018
Man listen to all you bods, I’m a great follower of Mr Walters but
what he on about has been said before by pop singers world leaders
and war mongers hiding behind props that we have let them erect,
this has been going on we are amusing ourselves to death the good
people need to unite against the bad and stop it
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No Exception to the Rule

April 22, 2018
I have never been inspired by the music of Pink Floyd nevertheless I

am very inspired by the courage and integrity of Roger Waters – so I
am happy, like many others here, to share and endorse his views on
the deceit that is being played out upon us by the likes of Nikki
Haley, Boris Johnson and others who dress themselves whiter than
the driven snow, and who should nd better things to do with their
time – again, it appears that there is too much time on their hands
right now.
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Jay Whitten
April 22, 2018
“I’m a militant with the Syrian White Helmets.” A militant? Geez,

Pascal, thanks for being brutally honest about yourself at least.
These knobs can barely keep up the facade. Propagandists for war
and evil used to be better than this.
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Jay Whitten
April 22, 2018
Roger should have invited Pascal to the stage. To spit in his face. And
then played Careful With That Axe, Eugene as a tribute to the White
Helmets.
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Stephen Marshallsea
April 22, 2018
I hate the people who start cheering before Roger gets a couple of
seconds into what he was saying. Of course what he was saying was
right on the money, and this Pascal moron given authority would
blow us all up because he would believe deluded it is for the best.
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amingo
April 22, 2018
Nice one. Thank you Phillip.That inspired me to play some Pink

songs for a week or more while I watch the arrival of the evil armada
o the Lebanese and Syrian coast.
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writerroddis
April 22, 2018
I did the same amingo. Ummagumma then Atom Heart

Mother, followed by selections from Dark Side and Wall – all on
my phone with bluetooth earpiece hooked over my ear as I
strolled beautiful countryside in ne weather, trying my
damnedest to lter out, for an hour or so, the venal insanity of
this sorry planet of ours.
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BigB
April 22, 2018
“Did you exchange

A walk part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?”
No. Roger Waters integrity is all the more remarkable in its

singularity. Were are the anti-war Dylan’s and Baez’s? To all the
careerist artists who have sold their souls to capitalist imperialism: a
message from Roger Waters: “Wake up and smell the fucking roses!”
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Jennifer Hor
April 21, 2018
Well … I guess this is why we don’t hear so much from musicians and
singers from Roger Waters’ generation – they have lived and
experienced long enough to form their own opinions and do their
own questioning. Before he died, David Bowie (who supported the
Donbass rebels) was another maverick.
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Seamus Padraig
April 21, 2018
Props to Roger Waters. Growing up, Pink Floyd was one of my

favorite bands, so it’s really good to have Roger on our side now,
when it counts. God bless him!
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Catherine
April 21, 2018
A man in full
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Anandamide
April 21, 2018
Nice one Roger… Was looking forward to hearing a song as well,

after his words.
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writerroddis
April 22, 2018
Yeah, me too.
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jag37777
April 21, 2018
Roger Waters is a genuinely good man.
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summit yer
April 21, 2018
Well said Roger Waters ,very well said .We need more people ,
especially people like Roger Waters that have the respect of many ,
with the courage to speak out and tell the truth.
Bravo Roger.
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Published on April 21, 2018 — Comments 15

Alas, many who support the Palestinian cause

Israeli – yes, there are more of them than Labour Friends

or any other issue don’t make up for that,

Reider’s fact-free ad hominems are standard fare in my

(Back in 2015 I heard Keith Richards on Desert Island Discs

My other point is that for every ten who’ll defend Palestine,

So what does Roger Waters do on receiving, directly and

Here’s what he does…

ROGER WATERS - WHITE HELMETS ARE FAKE PR…

PLEASE SHARE TO HELP COMBAT SOCIAL MEDIA CENSORSHIP

7 bloggers like this.

No Exception to the Rule

I have never been inspired by the music of Pink Floyd nevertheless I

“I’m a militant with the Syrian White Helmets.” A militant? Geez,

April 22, 2018

Nice one. Thank you Phillip.That inspired me to play some Pink

I did the same amingo. Ummagumma then Atom Heart

“Did you exchange

No. Roger Waters integrity is all the more remarkable in its

Props to Roger Waters. Growing up, Pink Floyd was one of my

Nice one Roger… Was looking forward to hearing a song as well,

Roger Waters is a genuinely good man.

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