Richard Goldstone is giving me whiplash: Now Goldstone is recanting the recantation of his op-ed? Not exactly, but he is saying that he won’t work to have the report nullified, which contradicts what he told Israeli ministers only a day or two ago. Really, does this guy even have a spine? I’m starting to think he’s related to Mr. Loopner, who was born without a spine. On the other hand, the significance of the op-ed remains: Goldstone said that evidence proves that Israel did not deliberately target civilians. That’s the spin you’re not going to see in the MSM pieces, however. Watch them all say that Goldstone is recanting the recant, when he clearly is not.
Gee, civilians complicate war? Who knew? France is finding out that it’s not so easy to bomb the bad guys when they hide among civilians. Libya, Gaza, gee, what are the commonalities? Let’s think. Hm… (Hint: Ruthless disregard for civilian life from only one side of the conflict.)
And the Keen Grasp of the Obvious Award goes to: The Associated Press, for this gem: It’s a gasoline world: Fuel connections everywhere. Oh, so that’s why prices are going up. Duh.
Oblahma: Peres meets Obama, blah blah blah, construction in Gilo is “disappointing,” blah blah blah, peace with Palestinians more urgent than ever, blah, blah, blah. Check out the body language in the picture. Obama is not a happy man around Israelis, unless they’re named Rahm Emanuel, apparently.
I love this line from the article:
I really wonder to whom they made this “format request.” To Ghadaffi? “Oh, please, Colonel, won’t you move your troops away from civilian areas so that we can kill them?” Yeah, that works.
Under real international law, the Fourth Geneva Convention, if Qadhdhaffi hides his troops among civilians and the French cause civilian casualties when they attack the Libyan troops, the responsibility is Qadhdhaffi’s. The presence of military targets removes the protection from normally protected persons or buildings. Fighters dressing in civilian clothes become unlawful combatants, as are civilians fighting under arms without uniforms or other identifying marks clearly recognizable at a distance. In other words everything that France’s enemy is doing now, and Israel’s enemies do continuously, violates international law.