Israel is more than justified....
Another nice op-ed in the Washington Post...
There is no question -- none -- that Israel's attack on Hamas in Gaza is justified. No nation can tolerate a portion of its people living in the conditions of the London Blitz -- listening for sirens, sleeping in bomb shelters and separated from death only by the randomness of a Qassam missile's flight. And no group aspiring to nationhood, such as Hamas, can be exempt from the rules of sovereignty, morality and civilization, which, at the very least, forbid routine murder attempts against your neighbors.
Israel's response has been criticized as "disproportionate," which betrays a misunderstanding of proportion's meaning. The goal of military action, when unavoidable, is not to take one life in exchange for each one unjustly taken; this is mere vengeance. The goal is to remove the conditions that lead to conflict and the taking of life. So far, Israel's actions have been proportionate to this objective. And the convoys of fuel, medical supplies and food sent by Israel into Gaza show an appropriate concern for Palestinian suffering, even during a broad assault on Hamas forces.
Israel's immediate goal is simple: to stop missile barrages by Hamas on southern Israel. But it is not a coincidence that this action was taken by the primary sponsors of the peace process in Israeli politics. The Israeli public will not accept any further risks for peace as long as Hamas missiles fly. Those missiles are a daily symbol that Israeli territorial concessions result in the strengthening of committed enemies and the death of Israeli citizens. The removal of this threat is not an obstacle to the peace process. It is the prerequisite for the resumption of the peace process.
posted by GayandRight @ 12:17 AM
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People who are blinded by hatred can't stand the thought of Israel defending itself, and they don't question Islamic leaders who state all Jews should be killed, or that Christians should be enslaved.
And these same people earn a living in our media. That's truly disgusting. More people should be pointing out the hatreds intrinsic to our 'progressive' population. A nasty bunch if there ever was one.
Isn't Roseanne Barr at least half-Jewish. It seems to me that she used that factoid at some point in her less than illustrious "career". I think this creature is, yet again, trying to get herself back into the public eye. It worked for Madonna (who is looking like a scrag, lately) but it has never worked for Roseanne. I thought her "career" was dead and buried. I guess she's desperate for some publicity. I cannot stand these performers who think that they are political experts.
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