Does Kos Just Get to Make Things Up Now?
After a month and a half out of the country, we're trying to get a feel for where the national election is heading. So we go to Kos to read what the Left's best-case scenario is, and there at the very top is this very predictable, very stereotypical leftist garbage:
So we've got Israel attacking Lebanon. Israel attacking Palestine. Hezbollah attacking Israel. Palestinians attacking Israel. Israel threatening to attack Syria and Iran. Iran meddling in Iraq. The US meddling in Iraq. Lots of terrorists and insurgents targetting the US. The US threatening Iran. Sunnis attacking Shiites. Shiites attacking Sunnis. The US and NATO fighting a resurgant Taliban in Afghanistan. Kurds attacking Turks.
First of all, that little implicit timeline at the top is very pointedly wrong. Not to nit-pick, but Hezbollah and the Palestinians attacked Israel first - not the other way around. Sure, he doesn't lie outright - but certainly that little stream of thought flirts with a bit of intellectual dishonesty.
More to the point though, what the hell is he talking about "Israel threatening to attack Syria"? That's just a lie:
"We have no intention of operating against Syria at this time," Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz told the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday. According to Halutz, "Hizbullah has been trying to pull Syria into the conflict." The chief of staff said, "It will take time to determine the effectiveness of the IDF operation in Lebanon. We do know, however, that we crippled Hizbullah's major transportation points and prevented them from transferring more weapons to their artillery units. We also know that we cleared out Hizbullah's major support networks."
That's from the 17th. It's the identical statement that Israel made on the 15th. Which is exactly what you'd expect, since Israel does not want to topple the Syrian regime.
But hey, let's not let that get in the way of pretending that Israel really is the out of control Zionist regime that so many liberal activists pretend it is. If Israel isn't really warlike enough for them, they'll just play make-believe that it is. And you know what - we don't mind letting these angry, vulgar whiners live in their own world... although it is kind of annoying when they read and write articles as if that world is the real world. But we liked it better when they were just making up things about secret 'sources', who were leaking them news about how Rove was about to be frogmarched out of the White House. With Israel's international position being as precarious as it is, having a blog with tens of thousands of readers lying about what's going on in the Middle East could actually do some damage.
So we've got Israel attacking Lebanon. Israel attacking Palestine. Hezbollah attacking Israel. Palestinians attacking Israel. Israel threatening to attack Syria and Iran. Iran meddling in Iraq. The US meddling in Iraq. Lots of terrorists and insurgents targetting the US. The US threatening Iran. Sunnis attacking Shiites. Shiites attacking Sunnis. The US and NATO fighting a resurgant Taliban in Afghanistan. Kurds attacking Turks.
First of all, that little implicit timeline at the top is very pointedly wrong. Not to nit-pick, but Hezbollah and the Palestinians attacked Israel first - not the other way around. Sure, he doesn't lie outright - but certainly that little stream of thought flirts with a bit of intellectual dishonesty.
More to the point though, what the hell is he talking about "Israel threatening to attack Syria"? That's just a lie:
"We have no intention of operating against Syria at this time," Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz told the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday. According to Halutz, "Hizbullah has been trying to pull Syria into the conflict." The chief of staff said, "It will take time to determine the effectiveness of the IDF operation in Lebanon. We do know, however, that we crippled Hizbullah's major transportation points and prevented them from transferring more weapons to their artillery units. We also know that we cleared out Hizbullah's major support networks."
That's from the 17th. It's the identical statement that Israel made on the 15th. Which is exactly what you'd expect, since Israel does not want to topple the Syrian regime.
But hey, let's not let that get in the way of pretending that Israel really is the out of control Zionist regime that so many liberal activists pretend it is. If Israel isn't really warlike enough for them, they'll just play make-believe that it is. And you know what - we don't mind letting these angry, vulgar whiners live in their own world... although it is kind of annoying when they read and write articles as if that world is the real world. But we liked it better when they were just making up things about secret 'sources', who were leaking them news about how Rove was about to be frogmarched out of the White House. With Israel's international position being as precarious as it is, having a blog with tens of thousands of readers lying about what's going on in the Middle East could actually do some damage.
