Required Reading (CM)
Andy McCarthy:
“Israel's war against Hezbollah is a watershed in the war on terror. As long as we understand that it's not just Israel's war.”
His column is here.
Charles Krauthammer:
“The road to a solution is therefore clear: Israel liberates south Lebanon and gives it back to the Lebanese.”
His column is here.
Alan Dershowitz:
“While Israel does everything reasonable to minimize civilian casualties -- not always with success -- Hezbollah and Hamas want to maximize civilian casualties on both sides. Islamic terrorists, a diplomat commented years ago, ‘have mastered the harsh arithmetic of pain. . . . Palestinian casualties play in their favor and Israeli casualties play in their favor.’"
His oped is here.
Jed Babbin:
“A cease-fire would benefit Hezbollah and threaten Israel. It would protect both Hezbollah and the nations that support it--Syria and Iran--as well as the Lebanese who have accepted the terrorist organization as a legitimate part of their government. A cease-fire would allow Hezbollah to rebuild its power base and enable it to resume its attacks whenever Damascus and Tehran desired. For Israel, a U.N. force would create no security whatever against future attacks.
“The U.N.'s years-long record on the Israel-Lebanon border makes mockery of the term "peacekeeping." … the U.N. presence [in southern Lebanon] serves as a shield against Israeli strikes against the terrorists. … For the first time, Israel has acted in accordance with what used to be President Bush's theory: that a government that contains, supports or harbors terrorists is responsible for their actions. Israel is now demonstrating that there is a price to be exacted from nations who collaborate with terrorists.”
His op-ed is here.
Michael Rubin:
"’Lebanon . . . is not willing to be the spearhead of the Arab-Israeli conflict,’ former President Amin Gemayel said. ‘Hezbollah will have to explain itself to the Lebanese,’ Druze leader Walid Jumblatt told Le Figaro. The independent Beirut daily Al-Mustaqbal quoted Lebanese Communications Minister Marwan Hamada saying, ‘Syrian Vice President Faruq al-Shara gives the commands, Hezbollah carries them out, and Lebanon is the hostage. … Ahmed al-Jarallah, editor of Kuwait's Arab Times, condemned both Hezbollah and Hamas in an editorial that same day, writing, ‘Unfortunately we must admit that in such a war the only way to get rid of 'these irregular phenomena' is what Israel is doing.’"
His op-ed is here.
'Al-Mustaqbal' is an "independent Lebanese newspaper"?
Michael Rubin belongs in this and other statements in his WSJ OpEd to the genere of despicable pundits falsifying truth and ascribing even statements to the Editor of the Arab Times tat can never be traced to the Kuwaiti newspaper.
Al-Mustaqbal is a small circulation paper published by the anti-Hizbullah group led by the son of the murdered Prime Minsiter of the Lebanon. The most interesting aspect of this newspaper according to my translator is that while it bemoans the death of the former Prime Minister, it turns a blind eye to the Russian adamant request to expose Israel's part in the murder.... that makes it independent... right?
Posted by: Nicolaus Copernicus | January 14, 2007 at 03:21 PM