Blog Roundup - 2006-07-14
Some posts that you might have slipped through the cracks the last couple of days...
* In fact, twice is barely enough to cover the UN chief's outrageous denial of a UN member state's basic right of self-defense (a right, we might remind the Secretary General, that is enshrined in the UN charter). Extensive mockery over multiple posts from Meryl (starting here) and fundamental reaction from Lynn.
* Jawa Report passes on Stratfor saying that the reserve callup that just happened means a long-term war. Yes, a full mobilization does mean that because Israeli society literally grinds to a halt when that happens. But so far only one battalion has been activated. Which is not to say that a long-term war isn't on the horizon: just that Stratfor may have jumped the gun on pointing to this callup as proof.
* Allison Kaplan Sommer on the Haifa missiles: "the rubicon has been crossed". Yes, that Allison Kaplan Sommer - the left of center one that every sane person on the planet thinks is the epitome of reasonability.
* LGF links to a DKos post about how great it would be if Israel was destroyed. Apparently, the reason that people want to kill Jews is because of how Jews act. If Jews acted differently, then (and seriously, this is a direct quote, there would be "no more suicide bombers or sniper fire, and no more dead civilians... Palestinians and Jews could live together and the world could address other issues"). The pathetic activist who penned this post, of course, announced in advance that he knew he would be called anti-Semitic just for taking his anti-Zionist stance, which means that he must be very brave. Or he's a self-obsessed, attention deprived clown who struts around with faux machismo, declaring conspicuously anti-Semitic positions just so he can get offended when it's pointed out to him that those things sound anti-Semitic. Could be anything, really. * Meryl Yourish ends the prisoner swap debate before it begins. Warning: this post might give you nightmares. At a minimum it will turn your stomach. No joke. * KesherTalk has been on a tear about opposition to Hezbollah throughout the Arab blogosphere. We'd like to think that (a) it's a reflection of the mood of the Arab street or (b) that the public mood could make a difference in the actions of Iran's proxy armies. We don't. But here's the link anyway, because the opposition of Arab bloggers is the theme of Slate's blog roundup this morning (and Instapundit is interested in this angle too)... but KesherTalk seems to have done the roundup first. * Donald Sensing might as well have title his Winds of Change post "Israel is Screwed". We're not quite sure, but as we read it a mere five paragraphs are all that seperate his "disengagement sucks" assertion from his "occupation and annexation is impossible" quote, and at least a couple of those paragraphs are about Vietnam. Then again, of course, if you think that both controlling and not controlling large chunks of land will equally fail for Israel, then yeah, Israel does seem inevitably screwed. We're not sure we agree, but the post has the exact same line and link - "Kofi Annan has already condemned Israel's counterstrikes against Hezbollah" - pasted in twice.
* Also on disengagement: M. Simon opines:
I watched NBC news for the first time in a long time to catch the latest on Israel. The commentary at the end of segment went something like this: "Israel left Lebanon 6 years ago. They left Gaza a year ago. Why can't they leave Israel alone?" Which goes back to my previous points about Sharon. He has created a situation where even a weak leader can take strong measures.
We're not sure we agree that this sentiment is at all widespread, but really, really we'd like to.
* And finally, we're not on board with this new practice of dropping Andrew Sullivan insults as a way of demonstrating membership in the conservative bloggers' club, but the line "who knew the garden of Gethsemane had wi-fi?" is objectively funny.
* In fact, twice is barely enough to cover the UN chief's outrageous denial of a UN member state's basic right of self-defense (a right, we might remind the Secretary General, that is enshrined in the UN charter). Extensive mockery over multiple posts from Meryl (starting here) and fundamental reaction from Lynn.
* Jawa Report passes on Stratfor saying that the reserve callup that just happened means a long-term war. Yes, a full mobilization does mean that because Israeli society literally grinds to a halt when that happens. But so far only one battalion has been activated. Which is not to say that a long-term war isn't on the horizon: just that Stratfor may have jumped the gun on pointing to this callup as proof.
* Allison Kaplan Sommer on the Haifa missiles: "the rubicon has been crossed". Yes, that Allison Kaplan Sommer - the left of center one that every sane person on the planet thinks is the epitome of reasonability.
* LGF links to a DKos post about how great it would be if Israel was destroyed. Apparently, the reason that people want to kill Jews is because of how Jews act. If Jews acted differently, then (and seriously, this is a direct quote, there would be "no more suicide bombers or sniper fire, and no more dead civilians... Palestinians and Jews could live together and the world could address other issues"). The pathetic activist who penned this post, of course, announced in advance that he knew he would be called anti-Semitic just for taking his anti-Zionist stance, which means that he must be very brave. Or he's a self-obsessed, attention deprived clown who struts around with faux machismo, declaring conspicuously anti-Semitic positions just so he can get offended when it's pointed out to him that those things sound anti-Semitic. Could be anything, really. * Meryl Yourish ends the prisoner swap debate before it begins. Warning: this post might give you nightmares. At a minimum it will turn your stomach. No joke. * KesherTalk has been on a tear about opposition to Hezbollah throughout the Arab blogosphere. We'd like to think that (a) it's a reflection of the mood of the Arab street or (b) that the public mood could make a difference in the actions of Iran's proxy armies. We don't. But here's the link anyway, because the opposition of Arab bloggers is the theme of Slate's blog roundup this morning (and Instapundit is interested in this angle too)... but KesherTalk seems to have done the roundup first. * Donald Sensing might as well have title his Winds of Change post "Israel is Screwed". We're not quite sure, but as we read it a mere five paragraphs are all that seperate his "disengagement sucks" assertion from his "occupation and annexation is impossible" quote, and at least a couple of those paragraphs are about Vietnam. Then again, of course, if you think that both controlling and not controlling large chunks of land will equally fail for Israel, then yeah, Israel does seem inevitably screwed. We're not sure we agree, but the post has the exact same line and link - "Kofi Annan has already condemned Israel's counterstrikes against Hezbollah" - pasted in twice.
* Also on disengagement: M. Simon opines:
I watched NBC news for the first time in a long time to catch the latest on Israel. The commentary at the end of segment went something like this: "Israel left Lebanon 6 years ago. They left Gaza a year ago. Why can't they leave Israel alone?" Which goes back to my previous points about Sharon. He has created a situation where even a weak leader can take strong measures.
We're not sure we agree that this sentiment is at all widespread, but really, really we'd like to.
* And finally, we're not on board with this new practice of dropping Andrew Sullivan insults as a way of demonstrating membership in the conservative bloggers' club, but the line "who knew the garden of Gethsemane had wi-fi?" is objectively funny.
