jbg Posted August 7, 2009 Report Posted August 7, 2009 If the critics don't have any ammunition, they can't do any damage. And right now Israel is force-feeding them bullets. It's difficult for even Israel's staunchest allies to defend it right now - from Israel's perspective, the Gaza blockade is a bad strategy - it doesn't accomplish it's security goals (Hamas is still supplying itself through the Egypt tunnels), and it damages it's international political position.The critics might not have any ammunition, but the terrorists sure do.The problem is that the court of public opinion does not guarantee Israel's safety. Prior to the 1967 War, when Pete Seeger and other people in the same camp as now criticize Israel were singing songs in Hebrew and glorifying Israel, the favorable public opinion did not have any impact on Gamal Abdul Nasser. He and his counterparts asked the U.N. peacekeeping forces to leave, in order to clear the way for an invasion. The Israelis had two choices; play to the Western press, or survive. The Arabs planned victory and slaughter. Israel doesn't have any good choices in this matter. By the way JB Globe, a non-one liner response to you. Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
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