War- What is it Good For





As for whether deterrence has been established, well that is a question that we can't answer overnight. I tend to adopt a similar position to Yaacov Lozowick who says
"Now we've got to wait till the morning after the morning after (I liked Thomas Friedman's formulation) to see if Hamas has reached a stage similar to the one Hezbullah reached the morning after their morning after their "victory" in 2006. If this morning's rockets cause no casualties and cease by the afternoon, not to be renewed for years, that's fine. If they continue, however, even if only in a drizzle, we have to keep on hitting, inaugural parties in Washington or not."



The war made it apparent that we need to work harder on educating the ignorant masses about international law, moral relativism and what disproportionate force means. We also need to be cognizant of how many people are choosing to question Israel's existence. It used to be that we heard discussions about occupied territory and we knew that part of Israel was being discussed. Now the tune is changing and we're having more talk about the entire state.



From the traditional media:

CNN: Hamas, Israel set independent cease-fires
NY Times: Rebuilding Begins Upon a Wobbly Truce
The Spine: Reviving the Oldest Hatred
WSJ: Defeating Terrorists (Sometimes force works)
Boston.com: The violence network
JPost: Yadlin: Hamas likely to keep attacking
JPost: Analysis: The operation is over but the war continues
JPost: Analysis: Europe's plea for peace ignores the Gaza reality
Mark Steyn: Jew-baiting, then and now

From the blogosphere:

Yaacov Lozowick's Inventing Your Own Reality.
Omri says CAIR: Complaining About The Anti-Semitic Attacks We're Inciting Is A "Distraction"
EOZ: I must be much dumber than Olmert
Solomonia: Big Gas Field Discovered Off Haifa
Solomonia: The MSM is the Enemy
Soccer Dad: Report from the front
Soccer Dad: Shiny happy dhimmi - #9

Crossposted on Yourish.


Anonymous said...

One advantage of being in Texas; people here seem overwhelmingly sympathetic to Israel. Something of the frontier mentality perhaps. You can put it down, but in the end, it means when the rockets are coming down on our heads, we go get the bad guys. Alas, in the modern world, the bad guys are so bizarrely twisted that it doesn't seem to work. (How do you defeat an enemy that welcomes death as instant martyrdom?)

Esser Agaroth said...


Maybe we do have some musical tastes in common after all.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood, right?

Jack Steiner said...


You ask the million dollar question. I suppose that the answer is that we have to find a way to make people believe that martydom is a bankrupt ideology.



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