michaeltotten.com - 1/10/2009
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Readers of this site know I support Israel's war in Gaza. Long-time readers also know I opposed Israel's 2006 war in Lebanon. Unlike some, I do not automatically assume critics of Israel's Operation Cast Lead hate Jews or support terrorists. I'd be a patent hypocrite if I did, since I've had the ...
article.nationalreview.com - 1/10/2009
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article.nationalreview.com —
Once upon a time on the Continent, Jews
were hated as rootless cosmopolitan figures who owed no...
national allegiance. So they became a conventional nation state, and now theyre hated for that. And, if Hamas get their way and destroy the Jewish state, the
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Steyn: The Oldest Hatred
online.wsj.com - 1/10/2009
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GEORGE E. BISHARAT Israel's current assault on the
Gaza Strip cannot be justified by self-defense. Rather, it...
involves serious violations of international law, including war crimes. Senior Israeli political and military leaders may bear personal ...
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George E. Bisharat: Israel Is Committing War Crimes
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Michael Totten: Gaza and Afghanistan
Victory Caucus -- All Content —
... read and heard about Israel’s war in Gaza applies ten-fold to the war in Afghanistan. Yet many, if not most, of the very same people who deploy those arguments support the war in Afghanistan. I find that curious. So here’s some free advice to the critics of Israel. Find an argument that applies specifically to the war in Gaza that can’t also be said about any every other war fought by a democracy against a terrorist army. If you cannot do that, you are not going to convince anybody. read ...
Support Michael Totten. Defeat Juan Cole.
Stubborn Facts —
... But he also knows very well that the American public and the U.S. Congress overwhelmingly back Israel’s war against Hamas. And if he thinks only neoconservatives, right-wingers in general, and right-Zionists in particular have my back in the voting, he’s wrong.
Exactly. Back him up, y'all.
ADDED: Not to keep piling on JTP, but besides Mike Totten, we may already have a voice on the Israeli side of things, from an actual Israeli. Good read.
HT: MJT
Not So Fast
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... and Totten respond to talk of Israeli war crimes. Neither, of course, can actually rebut the specific allegations. Jeffrey cricizies the latest critic; Michael claims that the US is just as bad in Afghanistan. To the extent that the US has committed acts as bad as the deaths in a UN school - and that's undeniable - they have put us on a losing strategy in Afghanistan. ...
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