Terrorism Figures Published
Meryl has this year's terrorism figures:
If you do see these numbers referenced, you can bet the farm they will be quoted as showing that the “truce” is working. It is not. It is a sham, it has been a sham, and it was meant to be a sham from the get-go. The numbers don’t lie: 2,990 terror attacks in a year breaks down to eight terror attacks per day, with another 1.5 attacks per day foiled in some manner. It is hardly a "truce" when terrorists try, ten times a day, to murder Israelis. Remember this the next time you read that Israeli defensive actions are "violating" a "shaky truce" that has "held" since the last year.
We have little to add, except that we'd like to take this opportunity to compare tactics of snark. Meryl is most often found being sarcastic about media hand-wringing regarding Israeli "violations" of some imaginary "shaky truce". Fair enough, but we're more partial to the vaunted "fragile ceasefire" that Israel always seems to be "threatening". Obviously, our sarcasm is inherently funnier – but link based confirmation being the essence of blogging, we'll let you settle this for yourself.
If you do see these numbers referenced, you can bet the farm they will be quoted as showing that the “truce” is working. It is not. It is a sham, it has been a sham, and it was meant to be a sham from the get-go. The numbers don’t lie: 2,990 terror attacks in a year breaks down to eight terror attacks per day, with another 1.5 attacks per day foiled in some manner. It is hardly a "truce" when terrorists try, ten times a day, to murder Israelis. Remember this the next time you read that Israeli defensive actions are "violating" a "shaky truce" that has "held" since the last year.
We have little to add, except that we'd like to take this opportunity to compare tactics of snark. Meryl is most often found being sarcastic about media hand-wringing regarding Israeli "violations" of some imaginary "shaky truce". Fair enough, but we're more partial to the vaunted "fragile ceasefire" that Israel always seems to be "threatening". Obviously, our sarcasm is inherently funnier – but link based confirmation being the essence of blogging, we'll let you settle this for yourself.
