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January 01, 2009

Barry Rubin explains the Gaza War

Barry Rubin explains the Gaza War. His explanation takes one sentence, the rest of his article making an interesting and informative gloss.

But why, more than one reporter from highly reputable publications has asked me, is Israel attacking Gaza now? At first, I was astonished. Then I answered: because Hamas canceled the ceasefire and started massive rocket firings at Israel.

Correct to a point. Hamas' ceasefire meant firing rockets at Israeli children at only 40% of the rate they do when on an open war footing. Furthermore, I can only wish for a world where Israel attacks Gaza. Having invented accuracy, every Western military power now engages in the sort of futile pinprick war the left would have you believe amounts to carpet bombing; in Israel's case, going so far as to robo-dial targets so as to ask occupants if they would be so kind as to leave their mosques and hospitals before the munitions arrive.

My most important reservation with the piece concerns Rubin's claim the "real conflict" lies between Iran-Syria and Egypt-Saudi Arabia. I believe the real conflict is between an axis of cowards-fools who believe there is no psychotic who cannot be appeased either through bribery or artificially inflated self-esteem and that vanishingly small minority in the West who believe revenge is a dish best served immediately. There is no war between Israel and the Muslim world; Israel could eradicate Muslim "civilization" by the end of today. The war is between Israel and its own liberal delusions.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at January 1, 2009 08:09 AM

Comments

Well said. The "real" conflict though started with mohammed and won't be finished until one or other [israel, islam] ceases to exist. The foundation of islam is based on the eradication or subjigation of any other religion than islam.

Posted by: pacwaters at January 2, 2009 02:05 PM