“Prime Minister Ehud Olmert “must go.”…along with
\ncalls to convene a commission of inquiry to investigate
\nwhy Israel did not have more success in stopping the
\nrain of terrorist rockets.”<\/p>\n
(Do the math. Hezabollah rained down 4,000 rockets
\nand killed fewer people than Israel’s ‘surgical strikes’.
\n If one side kills 100 people and the other side kills 1,000
\npeople who is the biggest terrorist of all?)<\/p>\n
“…a catalog of defects that analysts attribute to…Olmert…
\nTzipi Livni…Peretz…are national security neophytes.”<\/p>\n
(Not to mention the IDF not knowing about Katyusha rockets
\nor getting intelligence wrong regarding Iraq. And the US
\n touting Israeli Intelligence as the best in the world.)<\/p>\n
“The air force….In their attempts to knock out Katyushas
\nfired from residential areas, the fliers wound up inflicting
\nsubstantial civilian casualties that, as Hezbollah intended,
\nhurt Israel in the court of international opinion.”<\/p>\n
(What hurt Israel in the court of international opinion was
\nthe number of mistakes the surgical strikes made and using
\na sledge hammer to kill a mosquito. What saves face for Israel
\nin the court of international opinion was not using their
\natomic weapons, nor threatening to do so.<\/p>\n
“The offensive finally began just two days before irresistible
\ninternational pressure imposed a cease-fire, leaving Hezbollah
\nbloodied but unbowed.”<\/p>\n
(And who would Max Boot have them bow to?)<\/p>\n
“Hezbollah’s obvious toughness is being contrasted with Israel’s
\nsupposed softness.”<\/p>\n
(NO. We are all holding our breath that Israel will meet with the
\nleader of Hezabollah and the leader of Hamas with an honest
\nbroker (not current American leaders – be they Dem or Rep).<\/p>\n
“Hezbollah did not, however, break Israel’s will to resist.”<\/p>\n
(Israel did not, however, break Israel’s will to occupy.)<\/p>\n
“But few think that either the U.N. force or the ineffectual
\nLebanese army would be willing and able to disarm Hezbollah
\nor to prevent its resupply by Syria and Iran.”<\/p>\n
(But few think that this cease fire will prevent America
\nfrom resupplying Israel.)<\/p>\n
“…to invade “Hezbollah land.” The soldiers were willing to close
\nwith and kill the enemy.”<\/p>\n
(And you call them terrorists and link them to American terrorists
\nand 9\/11, Israel will be sanctified…without innocent blood on their
\nhands so to say.)<\/p>\n
“…Palestinian peace negotiator Saeb Erekat, who blamed the
\nprevalence of autocracy and theocracy in the Middle East on –
\nwho else? the West.”<\/p>\n
(And why would we think just because Bush held hands with
\nthe king of Saudi that he would also have his hand in a pocket?)<\/p>\n
“Israelis, by contrast, look within for the source of their
\nmisfortune. That allows them to correct what went wrong
\nand get stronger in the future.”<\/p>\n
(Does this mean Israel will now negotiate in good faith – build
\nno more illegal settlements and create a cease fire in Gaza –
\nnot to mention the quarantine?)<\/p>\n
“This process is now underway, and Israel’s enemies would
\nbe well advised not to underestimate that nation’s fighting
\ncapacity…”<\/p>\n
(No danger of that as long as Israel retains nuclear weapons.)<\/p>\n
(Indeed, max boot…imagine that…Hezabollah can also cease firing.)<\/p>\n
Time for a real reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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