Comments on: Air of uncertainty http://www.yourish.com/2007/10/15/3831 Cutting straight to the point Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:38:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gary Rosen http://www.yourish.com/2007/10/15/3831/comment-page-1#comment-29127 Gary Rosen Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:31:54 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/10/15/3831#comment-29127 Whatever Arkin wrote, you'll never know it from reading a review by Erlanger who is no journalist but a fanatic anti-Israel, pro-Hamas propagandist. Whatever Arkin wrote, you’ll never know it from reading a review by Erlanger who is no journalist but a fanatic anti-Israel, pro-Hamas propagandist.

]]> By: Lefty http://www.yourish.com/2007/10/15/3831/comment-page-1#comment-29110 Lefty Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:04:22 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/10/15/3831#comment-29110 From the sounds of it, Arkin's study is similar to this posting on his blog: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2006/08/did_israel_win.html Key paragraph: "It all comes down to the gas stations [bombed less than 24 hours before the agreed-upon cease-fire], eight of thousands of civilian objects that were bombed in pursuit of a theory of 'degrading' Hezbollah's military capabilities in the future but in the end bombed for no direct and concrete military reason and thereby rightly seen by the other side as sheer spite." Arkin goes on to argue that the Israelis ignored the political effects of the way they conducted their air campaign, thereby allowing Hizbullah to become more popular among the Lebanese than ever. It's an interesting piece, well worth reading in full. I smirked a little on reading how LGF and other right-wing bloggers consider Arkin's pieces untrustworthy because "everything that he writes is corrupted by his ideology." Pot calling the kettle black? From the sounds of it, Arkin’s study is similar to this posting on his blog: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2006/08/did_israel_win.html

Key paragraph: “It all comes down to the gas stations [bombed less than 24 hours before the agreed-upon cease-fire], eight of thousands of civilian objects that were bombed in pursuit of a theory of ‘degrading’ Hezbollah’s military capabilities in the future but in the end bombed for no direct and concrete military reason and thereby rightly seen by the other side as sheer spite.” Arkin goes on to argue that the Israelis ignored the political effects of the way they conducted their air campaign, thereby allowing Hizbullah to become more popular among the Lebanese than ever. It’s an interesting piece, well worth reading in full.

I smirked a little on reading how LGF and other right-wing bloggers consider Arkin’s pieces untrustworthy because “everything that he writes is corrupted by his ideology.” Pot calling the kettle black?

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