Chris

Roundup

Thursday, 3. August 2006, 08:52:26

There is no big news today, not that it will stop me from linking 4,225 articles in one post.

John Murtha, strategist extrordinaire, calls for an immediate ceasefire. As Allah points out, this is an examploe of an excellent way to negotiate from the worst possible position. The terrorists continue raining rockets on Israeli cities, but the Israelis stop attacking them...why would Hezbullah negotiate? They would have already won.

And what is it, exactly, that can be negotiated? The date at which Israel will cease to exist? The date that all Jews will be driven into the sea? Israel left Lebanon years ago but that didn't stop Hezbullah from attacking.
The Islamic Brotherhood announces that it is fighting in Lebanon. It created an "authoritative body" to work with other "authoritative bodies" against Israel. Apparently the Lebanese government is not an "authoritative body."
Juan Cole blames Bush for the Iraq War. This is news because he didn't blame the Jews or a neo-con conspiracy. Read David's post for more wisdom on those damned Jews who are running the US government. They have divided loyalties and all that, you know.
Olmert: “It has to be made up of armies, not of retirees, of real soldiers, not of pensioners who have come to spend leisurely months in south Lebanon but, rather, an army with combat units that is prepared to implement the UN resolution. We will not pull out and we will not stop shooting until there is an international force that will effectively control the area.” Skim the article and it seems Olmert is bowing to international pressure. Read the quotes and you see that he is doing no such thing. Where would this 15,000 member, muscular, international force come from? How long would it take to create? Too long to save Hezbullah.
"These days are days of Arab resurrection and days of humiliation for the Israeli military, the military that couldn't proceed (move ahead) into Lebanese land," said Hani Hassan, a leading member of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party. This fantasy found here.
Beautiful article on the Lebanese fighting here, with map. They just got added to my feed list.
Olmert forced to apologize for saying a victory in Lebanon could allow further pull-outs from the West Bank. He doesn't seem to realize that that option isn't working, even if it seems like the only available solution. The opposition rakes him over the coals.
Iran warns the US that a global Jihad is coming against the West. Blah, blah, blah. I can't wait until their oil runs out.
I heart John Howard: 'The group’s chairman, Ameer Ali, is also pushing for Mr Howard to remove Hezbollah from a list of banned terrorist organisations, but the Prime Minister said yesterday there was “no chance, full stop” that the Government would rethink its position on that issue.' Ladies and gentleman, that is how to win 4 consecutive elections.
Mark Steyn discusses the rise of anti-Semitism in the West:
For centuries, Jews were viewed as sinister wandering rootless cosmopolitan figures of no national allegiance. So they became a conventional sovereign state and now they’re hated for that. The standard defense is that it’s not anti-Semitic to criticize Israeli policies, but, as Miss Campbell’s letter suggests, what’s being questioned is not Israel’s policies but the right of Israel to have policies, especially on national security.
Hezbullah supporters get rough in Rome and Montreal. Australia, too. Meanwhile, Hezbullah bullies reporters and celebrates the deaths of Israeli civilians. The Left continues to support them while hating Israel for every accidental Muslim death caused by terrorist human shield tactics. Hypocrisy? You make the call!
Shoot rockets into Israel, get videotaped getting blown up.
Fjordman, less suicide inspiring than usual, discusses the Scandinavian welfare state. Muslims are only mentioned a few times and I think gang rapes are completely absent.

Update: Ceasefire! Hezbullah is getting beaten, we'll exterminate the Jews later.

Update: Anyone care to fisk this article? I would writer's cramp correcting the errors and go insane trying to envision the mindset of the person who wrote it.

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Comments

maxmuller # 3. August 2006, 11:01

Israel pulled a beautiful double feint. I don't know if you were here to appreciate it. The first feint was the Security council publicly denied the IDF permission to expand the war. At the same time they called up 30,000 more troops. They then used Qana to feint again calling a casefire. Then when the troops were ready ,they unleashed Hades...

There were a lot of bloggers writing posts saying..."something's funny here"???.

http://varifrank.com/archives/2006/07/things_are_not.php

cbjohnso # 3. August 2006, 11:26

I'm still a little worried about Olmert, but I have confidence in the IDF and the Israeli people. They understand that this is important.

That article is very good. It leaves out one thing that I forgot to mention, too: these little incremental moves by Israel allow Hezbullah to continually issue propaganda that is quickly undercut by the facts on the ground. It robs the terrorists of credibility.

"The IDF is being humiliated"? Yeah, right.