Saturday, July 15, 2006
It Was Better When He Kept His Mouth Shut
"Israel has a right to defend herself. Every nation must defend...against terrorist attacks and the killing of innocent life."-- President Bush
-- as quoted in Barron's.
But let's parse this....
In regard to Hamas and the Palestinians: a soldier is kidnapped and justifiable defensive retaliation is killing a number of innocents.
Hezbollah is more complex but even if excessive force is warranted, destroying Beirut is, well, difficult to justify.
But Our Leader does justify it.
Which now exacerbates the situation and even makes a regional problem our problem.
First, it justifies the violence. If Israel's overreaction is justified, then overreaction to Israeli overreaction sureley must be justified as well.
Second, it gives the Muslim and Arabic disaffected more reason to hate the West. Not a good thing.
It also and further justifies Iran's work to generate nuclear arms as well as, to a slightly lesser degree, Pakistani assistance towards that goal.
Our leaders are really, really doing a great job in the Middle East.
Yes, thank God George W. Bush is president. We and the world are far safer with him in charge.
But let's parse this....
In regard to Hamas and the Palestinians: a soldier is kidnapped and justifiable defensive retaliation is killing a number of innocents.
Hezbollah is more complex but even if excessive force is warranted, destroying Beirut is, well, difficult to justify.
But Our Leader does justify it.
Which now exacerbates the situation and even makes a regional problem our problem.
First, it justifies the violence. If Israel's overreaction is justified, then overreaction to Israeli overreaction sureley must be justified as well.
Second, it gives the Muslim and Arabic disaffected more reason to hate the West. Not a good thing.
It also and further justifies Iran's work to generate nuclear arms as well as, to a slightly lesser degree, Pakistani assistance towards that goal.
Our leaders are really, really doing a great job in the Middle East.
Yes, thank God George W. Bush is president. We and the world are far safer with him in charge.
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