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A few weeks ago, Pastorius kindly invited me to IBA and this is my first post, to invite you to take a gander at my just-published "Why Stephen Harper is my hero" at Covenant Zone. It is fairly typical of my posts there and at Flares. The post is an exploration of the victimary or "white guilt" religion of today's western liberalism, and it claims that Stephen Harper is taking a leadership role among western leaders in rejecting this victimary religion:
- Quebec Chants "vive Hezbollah" As Prime Minister Harper Remains Committed To Israel
The Government of Canada continues to maintain its strong support of Israel, in the face of growing sympathy for the terrorists, not just among the expected segments of the population, but also from rival political parties, whose hysteria continues to...
- Ben Stein Knows Best
How to Lose to Terrorists By Ben Stein Published 7/31/2006 12:09:22 AM We are in real serious trouble, and I'll tell you how and why I know it: * Because the Hezbollah -- as has been well reported -- launches missiles at purely civilian targets in...
- "this Far, And No Further"
Just when I think I know what my next blog article is going to be, along comes something irresistible at another blogger's site. This time, my find comes from Benning's Writing Pad. Below is a lengthy excerpt and is worth your time: "Recently...
- Canadian Prime Minister Supports Israel
Some uncommonly sensible statements from a country usually lacking much moral credibility. Let’s hope that the new Conservative government can back words with actions, and can survive canadian anti-semitic media’s predictable attempts to portray...
- Gaza: "remember What Happened Here "
Since Israel has pulled out of Gaza, the Palis have not become more peaceful. In fact, after a major concession from the Israelis, they have actually increased their violent attacks on Israel. This article takes a deeper look at what is really going on:...
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Canada's leader leads in support of Israel
A few weeks ago, Pastorius kindly invited me to IBA and this is my first post, to invite you to take a gander at my just-published "Why Stephen Harper is my hero" at Covenant Zone. It is fairly typical of my posts there and at Flares. The post is an exploration of the victimary or "white guilt" religion of today's western liberalism, and it claims that Stephen Harper is taking a leadership role among western leaders in rejecting this victimary religion:
You have likely already heard the latest trendy political term - "proportionate response" - in countless news reports (see here, for example): one or another representative of some liberal western government or institution calls on Israel to show a "proportionate response" to, e.g., the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers, implying that a large assault against the presence of Hezbollah gangster-state terrorists in Lebanon is somehow disproportionate to the kidnapping act that supposedly (but only if you are ahistorical in thought) started the present conflict in Lebanon. Anything more than what our opinion-leaders deem a "proportionate response" and Israel is to be accused of victimizing a whole group of blameless innocents - in the present case, the Lebanese people - simply because of the unfortunate presence of terrorists in their midst.Continue reading here.
But the kidnapping last week of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah was of course merely the excuse for which Israel has been waiting, as it seeks to ensure its very existence against an illegitimate non-state army armed to the teeth with rockets and allied with Iran, a state whose leaders deny the Holocaust and yet call for another one, for wiping Israel from the face of the earth. What, pray tell, is a "proportionate" response to people who are carrying on a fifteen-centuries old Jihad in whose name they hope to destroy Israel and turn any and all non-Muslims into either dust or Dhimmis?
While their enemy may deserve no mercy, in this nuclear age Israel cannot throw its full might at its enemy without truly becoming a pariah state. Consequently, whatever the level of Israel's response, the choice will be somewhat arbitrary and as such open to criticism for being too disproportionate, too intent on victimizing. (And alternatively, in being restrained, in departing from the traditional pre-nuclear assumption that a threatened people should do whatever they can to defend themselves, Israel also expose itself to mocking from Islamic warriors who take a less than total response as a sign of Israel's inherent weakness - they can kill a few more of us than we kill of them, but there will always be more of us than of them.)
And in an age when only visible victims really count in the media's making of "the news", when the rightness of a nation's cause is secondary to its power and ability to make its enemies, and associated civilians, suffer, Israel is open to much attack because it happens to be much more militarily effective than the cult of resentment it presently faces; even as the cult presently demonstrates some capability to kill Israelis with its rockets, its only truly great military advantage is its vast superiority in the numbers of its real or potential supporters, an advantage that only encourages its leaders to sacrifice as many of its people in the cause as needs be, as the Islamic cult of suicide bombing against Israel and other western and non-Muslim nations demonstrates.
So why the obsession among the western liberal-left with a "proportionate response"?
- Quebec Chants "vive Hezbollah" As Prime Minister Harper Remains Committed To Israel
The Government of Canada continues to maintain its strong support of Israel, in the face of growing sympathy for the terrorists, not just among the expected segments of the population, but also from rival political parties, whose hysteria continues to...
- Ben Stein Knows Best
How to Lose to Terrorists By Ben Stein Published 7/31/2006 12:09:22 AM We are in real serious trouble, and I'll tell you how and why I know it: * Because the Hezbollah -- as has been well reported -- launches missiles at purely civilian targets in...
- "this Far, And No Further"
Just when I think I know what my next blog article is going to be, along comes something irresistible at another blogger's site. This time, my find comes from Benning's Writing Pad. Below is a lengthy excerpt and is worth your time: "Recently...
- Canadian Prime Minister Supports Israel
Some uncommonly sensible statements from a country usually lacking much moral credibility. Let’s hope that the new Conservative government can back words with actions, and can survive canadian anti-semitic media’s predictable attempts to portray...
- Gaza: "remember What Happened Here "
Since Israel has pulled out of Gaza, the Palis have not become more peaceful. In fact, after a major concession from the Israelis, they have actually increased their violent attacks on Israel. This article takes a deeper look at what is really going on:...