Thursday, August 18, 2005
More seriously,
I'm astonished to hear all the great gray experts, including the big-name Neocons, saying things like "Well, of course, the burden is now on the Palestinian leaders to fulfill their side of the bargain."
Burden? Burden? Their only burden is to gather enough weapons and external support to retake Jerusalem.
Funny, all these years I thought "Never again" was shorthand for "We will never again allow Jews to be pushed around." Obviously I was wrong. When spoken by the establishment, it obviously means "We will never again go to the trouble of protecting those pesky Jews."
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Fair & balanced update... Michael Medved, in attempting to defend Sharon's actions, makes a couple of worthy points. He says (1) trying to rule over Gaza was a tremendous burden for Israel, using military resources that could have been elsewhere. (2) The scattered Jewish settlers were in effect serving as hostages, making it harder for Israel to strike at terrorist supporters in Gaza. The latter point will be worth watching. It will require some fast and lethal proof to counter the sense of Arab momentum, though. ¶ 9:57 AM
Burden? Burden? Their only burden is to gather enough weapons and external support to retake Jerusalem.
Funny, all these years I thought "Never again" was shorthand for "We will never again allow Jews to be pushed around." Obviously I was wrong. When spoken by the establishment, it obviously means "We will never again go to the trouble of protecting those pesky Jews."
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Fair & balanced update... Michael Medved, in attempting to defend Sharon's actions, makes a couple of worthy points. He says (1) trying to rule over Gaza was a tremendous burden for Israel, using military resources that could have been elsewhere. (2) The scattered Jewish settlers were in effect serving as hostages, making it harder for Israel to strike at terrorist supporters in Gaza. The latter point will be worth watching. It will require some fast and lethal proof to counter the sense of Arab momentum, though. ¶ 9:57 AM
