Category Archives: The War

Luttwak talks Bin Laden and Israel

Posted on September 7, 2011 | Comments Off on Luttwak talks Bin Laden and Israel

I’ve often wondered why it was necessary to kill Osama. American military strategist Edward Luttwak, in a fascinating new interview in Tablet Magazine, has an excellent answer:

“They killed him because of the fact that if we captured Bin Laden, every Jihadist in the world would have been duty-bound to kidnap any American citizen anywhere and exchange him for Bin Laden.”

Luttwak also thinks constant conflict with the Arabs actually is good for Israel because it has produced an internal cohesion that might not otherwise exist. Read the whole interview here.

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Obamalot: A Uniter, not a Divider

Posted on September 6, 2011 | Comments Off on Obamalot: A Uniter, not a Divider

Except, of course, of Jerusalem.

Very funny video about how Obamalot has united New York Republicans, Democrats and Independents seeking the Jewish vote by condemning his Israel policy.

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The ‘poor Palestinians’ shuck

Posted on August 31, 2011 | Comments Off on The ‘poor Palestinians’ shuck

Barry Rubin explains the latest wrinkle. Same as the last one.

“Rockets from the Gaza Strip continue to pound Israel. And much of the Western media blames: Israel. I want to explain again how this system works:

“What follows is a seven-point pattern that goes something like this: Someone shoots at your spouse, you punch the attacker, he yells, ‘Ceasefire!’ then kicks you in the groin and takes some more shots at your spouse.

“You try to defend yourself. The police stand by doing nothing and then declare you to be the aggressor for breaking the ceasefire.”

Fortunately, enough Israelis are getting fed up with this scenario that they may finally stop worrying about Western media. As well they should.

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The Middle East’s Holy War, 1967 version

Posted on August 5, 2011 | Comments Off on The Middle East’s Holy War, 1967 version

“….today, worshipers in the mosques and crowds in the streets are treated to a special Friday prayer.  The muezzins call for a Holy War against bad Jews everywhere in the world, and urge the rulers and people of every country to chase them away and clean their soil of them.  There is no doubt that ‘bad Jews’ could eventually mean all Jews, especially the nearest victims still living in Iraq….

“Whenever the country was in trouble, our community had to suffer in this manner, because the government could not grapple with the problems facing it.  So it finds a scapegoat to busy the people with; to focus their attention on something else.  And if arbitrary arrest meant only being in jail, it might be tolerable.  But in abnormal circumstances it always meant torture also, and in some cases the victims were never seen again.”

From “All Waiting to be Hanged,” by Max Sawdayee, a former Iraqi Jew’s poignant diary. It’s pre-POD and therefore now out of print (one of the little-known drawbacks of “traditional” publishing), but excerpts are here.

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Israel’s “silent majority” speaks up

Posted on August 4, 2011 | Comments Off on Israel’s “silent majority” speaks up

“This post is mainly for my friends abroad, wherever they are, who may have trouble projecting their beliefs and experiences onto our small but peculiar country….

“It started in a small way, with the cottage cheese boycott. Was it the surprising success of the Facebook-led “uprising” or other reasons, but the unrest spread and continues to spread, expanding into new domains and involving more and more citizens, hitherto inert and apathetic.”

My Israeli pal Snoopy the Goon offers a tentative explanation of the new phenom of Israel’s “silent majority” which has recently hit the streets of Tel Aviv and elsewhere to protest high prices, low influence and, well, my advice is to go here and read it for yourself.

Especially if  you think Israel is only about their decades-old trouble with the intolerant Muslims and the recent dispute with Obamalot.

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At last: Agreeing with Dhimmi

Posted on July 27, 2011 | Comments Off on At last: Agreeing with Dhimmi

Unfortunately the champion of Palestinian murderers and world dictators generally has so little political credibility that his new coming out for an end to the drug war will have little influence. Pity that.

Although Dhimmi Carter (h/t Monkey In The Middle) is a great, alternative name for him.

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More Capt. Israel

Posted on July 22, 2011 | Comments Off on More Capt. Israel

Just can’t get enough of this guy. I suppose the menorah’s a sort of fusion-cannon? And the shield, of course, stops bullets, shells and missiles? Just so.

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