I don't know if you guys actively follow the whole Middle East thing; my time there, as well as a good friend of mine, keep me engaged in Israel's history and current events. And the more I follow their current events, the more I notice a public and media anti-Israeli bias.
So let's take a look at today's public and media bias:
"World powers have pleaded for restraint to stop the fiercest Israeli-Lebanese clashes in a decade slipping into all-out war." Ok--let's think about this. Forces from Lebanon (Hezbollah) invade Israel and take 2 soldiers. Clearly--Israel needs to only fight on the level in which Lebanon can compete. (And for the sake of time, let's just leave Hamas out of this.) And while an argument can be made that attacking Lebanon may result in the deinnocentinocent bystanders--at some point, I'm not buyin'. Terror is an Islamic movement; those within Islam need to police themselves. Those within Lebanon need to police themselves.
"UN Security Council members Russia and France condemned Israel's "disproportionate" use of force." Ok--again, nearly the same argument as above. Second, why are nations (and seemingly the media) focusing on Israel's response, rather than the original offense that started it all? Mainly--the invasion and abduction of 2 Israeli citizens on Israeli soil?
"German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at a joint press conference with Bush, called for a "de-escalation", stressing the starting point had been the capture of the Israeli soldiers." Ok--this quote just confuses me. Almost like a liberal weenie press guy is trying to spin something. She wants Israel to back off, while stressing the point that they were invaded and had their people abducted?
"Russia, France, Britain and Italy criticised Israel for its "disproportionate" use of force." First, news.yahoo.com has a typo? (Must be an international thing.) Second--I can get France and Russia, but Britain's response disappoints me. Again--they're focusing on Israel's response, rather than the original offense in the first place. Had Hezbollah never invaded and abducted Israeli citizens, or had they simply returned them, this wouldn't be happening right now.
I could go on and on, but it would be flogging the dead dolphin, as one could say. Peace will come, as peace always comes, when one side soundly and thoroughly defeats the other. Liberals need to read a damn history book.
So let's take a look at today's public and media bias:
"World powers have pleaded for restraint to stop the fiercest Israeli-Lebanese clashes in a decade slipping into all-out war." Ok--let's think about this. Forces from Lebanon (Hezbollah) invade Israel and take 2 soldiers. Clearly--Israel needs to only fight on the level in which Lebanon can compete. (And for the sake of time, let's just leave Hamas out of this.) And while an argument can be made that attacking Lebanon may result in the deinnocentinocent bystanders--at some point, I'm not buyin'. Terror is an Islamic movement; those within Islam need to police themselves. Those within Lebanon need to police themselves.
"UN Security Council members Russia and France condemned Israel's "disproportionate" use of force." Ok--again, nearly the same argument as above. Second, why are nations (and seemingly the media) focusing on Israel's response, rather than the original offense that started it all? Mainly--the invasion and abduction of 2 Israeli citizens on Israeli soil?
"German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at a joint press conference with Bush, called for a "de-escalation", stressing the starting point had been the capture of the Israeli soldiers." Ok--this quote just confuses me. Almost like a liberal weenie press guy is trying to spin something. She wants Israel to back off, while stressing the point that they were invaded and had their people abducted?
"Russia, France, Britain and Italy criticised Israel for its "disproportionate" use of force." First, news.yahoo.com has a typo? (Must be an international thing.) Second--I can get France and Russia, but Britain's response disappoints me. Again--they're focusing on Israel's response, rather than the original offense in the first place. Had Hezbollah never invaded and abducted Israeli citizens, or had they simply returned them, this wouldn't be happening right now.
I could go on and on, but it would be flogging the dead dolphin, as one could say. Peace will come, as peace always comes, when one side soundly and thoroughly defeats the other. Liberals need to read a damn history book.
posted by Greg | 9:47 AM
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