Because I’m feeling extra snippy today.
And the Keen Grasp of the Obvious award goes to: al-Sharq al-Awasat, for writing that the Hariri assassination was politically motivated. Gasp! Really? So, who’s up for a pool on when Hezbollah starts heading rockets into Israel to try to divert attention from the UN report?
Iran kills more Americans, America blithely ignores it: Iran is behind the uptick in American troop deaths in Iran. So what are we doing about it? Nothing, just like we did under the Bush Administration. Just like we did under Reagan when Hezbollah killed 241 Americans. We’ve been at war with Iran since 1979, and they’re about to get nuclear weapons soon. Wonderful.
Seriously? You think Assad cares? Hillary Clinton is saying that Syria needs to institute reforms and stop murdering civilian protestors because it’s running out of time. Yes, really. Next, expect a strongly-worded statement from the UN. In the meantime, Iranian Revolutionary Guards and Hezbollah fighters are helping the Syrian army loyalists execute Syrians. I don’t think it’s the Assad dynasty that’s running out of time. The Dorktator has shown he’s ready to be as ruthless as his father.
Old: World must accept that Hamas will be part of the Palestinian government. New: World must recognize a Palestinian state even if Hamas and Gaza aren’t part of it. Mahmoud Abbas says he’s “inclined” to postpone unity talks with Hamas until after the UN General Assembly passes a nonbinding resolution recognizing a Palestinian state. Why? Because he knows that 1) the anti-Israel forces will insist that Israel is now breaking UN resolutions by not allowing the Palestinians to govern themselves or something, 2) The UN will pass the resolution even though the Palestinians are not united and Gaza and the West Bank will be two separate little statelets, one run by terrorists, and the other run by terrorists pretending not to be terrorists, and 3) Hamas doesn’t want to unify with the PA, because they are enemies. Hello? Anyone remember that they hate each other?
The Republicans should really be making more of a fuss about Syria. Mubarak, an authoritarian dictator but more or less pro-American and pro-peace with Israel, and as soon as there’s unrest the administration calls for his resignation. Syria kills 1,400 people (at least), runs in thousands, deprives thousands of basic services, and the administration not only doesn’t demand Assad’s resignation but keeps insisting, a la Hillary, that he’s a potential reformer who needs to be shown “an alternative view of himself” to unleash, presumably, his inner reformer.
He’s the goddamn dictator of the country! If he wants to institute reforms he can do so. I’d be interested to know why this treatment of an avowed enemy while we try to hustle off someone who whatever his manifold faults is sort of pro-American. It’s almost as if the anti-Americanism is seen as a mark of authenticity by the president of the United States.
“It’s almost as if the anti-Americanism is seen as a mark of authenticity by the president of the United States.”
Bingo Alex. That is exactly the way the leftists of this administration see it. It’s the conventional wisdom of the faculty lounge and the NGO world.