Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Israel used to win wars because she was smarter than her enemy. I’m not so sure now. Israeli intelligence was deeply asleep when it was unaware of Hezbollah’s ability to tap into her computer, when it was surprised by the tunnels under her borders, and when it didn’t know that
Continue readingI was listening to the radio today, and heard the top of the hour news. As the announcer said “The G8 issued a statement today regarding the situation in the Middle East,” I expected the sentence to finish “condemning Israel.” Boy, was I surprised: Group of Eight leaders told Hizbollah
Continue readingNot only does Mark Steyn get it, he does it with such great prose: The forces at play in the Middle East are beyond the Geopolitical Friars’ Club. The median age in Gaza is 15.8 years old. How likely is it that any of those bespoke Palestinian “moderates” who’ve been
Continue readingMr. Bookworm cannot understand why Israel started a major war over three soldiers. No matter the horrors of their kidnapping, and the infiltration of Israeli terroritory associated with those kidnappings, he thinks that the kidnappings are not a sufficient reason to go to war. I asked, “What about the thousands
Continue readingWith Israel at the epicenter of World War IV today, I thought I’d troll around to the top liberal blogs to see what they have to say on the subject. Crooks and Liars had only one post about what I believe to be the greatest geopolitical crisis of our time.
Continue readingThe vile inanity lives on at the Daily Kos. Today’s revolting post asks us to “Imagine a World Without Israel.” It spins a fantasy of lion living in peace with lamb, flowers and sunshine. How about we imagine a Middle East without Israel? From one end of the Muslim crescent
Continue readingHezbollah has bombed major Israeli cities: A missile fired from Lebanon on Thursday evening exploded in the northern city of Haifa, officials said. Firefighters and rescue services who reached the scene of the attack didn’t report any civilian casualties. Earlier, six Katyusha rockets exploded in central Nahariya on Thursday evening
Continue readingIsrae, as always, is being attack not only by Islamic and Palestinian terrorists, but also by the world’s media, various nations, and the ubiquitously evil UN. If you’d like to dilute some of that horrible pressure on this beleaguered nation, why don’t you send a supportive email to the Israel
Continue readingWe’ve all thought it, but I think Michael Medved has managed to state it with incredible clarity: What lapse of logic (or ancient prejudice) can explain the stubborn, utterly unshakable, and nearly universal insistence that Israel must pursue a “peace process” with its terrorist adversaries? Regarding the United States, not
Continue readingThe war claimed another life, that of Army Spc. 4 Christopher D. Rose. His death is noteworthy, not only because it’s a tragedy every time an American soldier dies, but because he is San Francisco’s first Iraq tragedy since the war’s start more than three years ago: The parents of
Continue readingThose of us who believe in Israel’s right to exist are tired of the old trope that the new anti-Zionists are not also the old anti-Semites. It’s easy enough to point out that these are not people who are simply criticizing a State’s — any state’s — policies vis a
Continue readingWhatever the word is, it’s nice to see the Japanese showing some in the current North Korean crisis: Over Chinese and Russian objections, Japan introduced a draft Security Council resolution Friday that would impose sanctions on North Korea for its series of rocket test-launches and also order a halt to
Continue readingMy theory about wars is that one fights them to win. The EU’s theory, apparently, is that they should be fought for Israel to lose. How otherwise to explain its most recent criticism: The European Union accused Israel on Friday of a disproportionate use of force against Palestinians in Gaza
Continue readingThis is the latest “wisdom” coming out of the UN, which can rightly be characterized as an organization devoted to the destruction of Israel and the United States: The UN Human Rights Council has passed a resolution demanding a halt to Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip. [UN Human Rights
Continue readingSometimes it’s little things that are the tipping point — not the bombed towers, trains or subways, but the attacks on core cultural values. The British upper echelons are planning a big change to a traditional British icon; let’s see if the masses object. (By the way, I found the
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