Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I’ve rather slacked off on blogging about the war. I’ve made my position very clear, and am only dragging in stories that particularly catch my eye. At Seraphic Secret, however, Robert Avrech is blogging up a storm about the war itself, and about coverage of the war. Since he’s an
Continue readingI’ve heard a lot in the past week or so about the underground tunnels Hezbollah has built all along Lebanon’s southern (and Israel’s northern) border. These reports led me to wonder why Israel, which has a very well equipped army, didn’t have bunker busters, of the type we heard about
Continue readingWhat’s the big deal, many ask? Hezbollah and Hamas kidnapped some Israeli soldiers, turning them into prisoners, and they’ll readily release these prisoners if Israel, in turn, will release some prisoners it holds. It all sounds so beautifully symmetrical. Except it’s not. The kidnapped Israeli soldiers had done absolutely nothing
Continue readingIt took me three glances to get the message in this picture, and then I thought it was brilliant: Hat tip: Michelle Malkin UPDATE: If you can’t see the image on my blog, just go on over to Michelle Malkin. There’s prescient Oliphant cartoon, but that’s not what I was
Continue readingThe most recent New Yorker contains another call from the Left — this time from David Remnick — for an immediate cessation of hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel: That strand of Middle Eastern optimism [the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza] is now a memory. Olmert is fighting a war on two
Continue readingI’ve been complaining for decades (really) that Israel has the worst public relations imaginable. While the PLO practically held reporters hostage to tell the story with the PLO spin, the Israelis always responded with a tight-lipped military spokesman. Israel might never have prevailed against the Leftist forces arrayed against her,
Continue readingWhile the MSM, the Europeans and the UN have been calling for an instant cease fire, because they all crave the untenable , violence-ridden status quo, things are a bit different in the Arab world. Unlike the others I named, who are caught in the PLO/Israel trope, which sees Israel
Continue readingWhile I criticized Richard Cohen’s article calling Israel a mistake, I didn’t do so in quite the strident terms others used. I didn’t think he meant what he said, although I thought his writing inept and some of his conclusions were pretty silly. In any event, I don’t have any
Continue readingIsrael went after Hamas with a vengeance when Hamas kidnapped Cpl. Shalit. No negotation; no prisoner exchanges; no nothing. Israel wanted Shalit back, and that was it. Apparently, Israel’s tactics against Hamas were effective, not only with regard to Cpl. Shalit, but also with regards to the thousands of rockets
Continue readingKarl Rove has apparently planted a mole at the UN. How else can one explain this story about the UN humanitarian chief: The UN humanitarian chief accused Hizbullah of “cowardly blending” among Lebanese civilians and causing the deaths of hundreds during two weeks of cross-border violence with Israel. *** On
Continue readingDennis Prager, on this morning’s radio show, directed me to an LA Times Op-ED by Zev Chafets, a non-religious Jew. In it, Chafets explains, once again, why American Jews have to shake off their atavistic fear of American Christians: For millions of American evangelical voters, living right includes supporting Israel.
Continue readingAmongst the billions of criticisms leveled at Israel is the one claiming that she’s taking out too many innocent civilians. DQ examined some of the problems with this claim here. David Horowitz examines another problem, which is that Lebanon is more complicit with Hezbollah than we currently wish to admit:
Continue readingMark Steyn on the vile Islamist whirlwind the European and American dilettantes must now reap after having cultivated the PLO and its ilk so assiduously: In Causeries du Lundi, Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve recalls a Parisian dramatist watching the revolutionary mob rampaging through the street below and beaming: “See my pageant passing!”
Continue readingNot a day goes by that we don’t hear a drumbeat of stories about the “civilians” being killed in Lebanon and the growing “civilian” crisis there. But what is a civilian? If Israel bombs the home of a civil Hezbollah leader and kills the leader, his wife and his four
Continue readingIt’s time for another installment in the “things I find interesting” series of posts I’m doing about the Israeli/Hezbollah war. This is not meant to be a compilation of everything regarding the war, just those things that struck me as fresh takes, or unusually clear takes, on current events. As
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