Missing the boat again
Apparently W isn't the only one that thinks Israel should stop defending itself. Unsurprisingly, the NY Times feels that Israel should pull out. In expressing this opinion, the Times feels that the most important reason for ending the Israeli action is that the US asked them to. "The prestige of the United States is on the line in an effort to help Israel, and the Israeli government is doing nothing to make the job easier." Well our prestige is all well and good, but there is a war of terror being waged against the Israelis, so I think their lives count a little more than our prestige. Further, the Times tries to spin its views as conventionaly wisdom. Such phrases, "there can be little doubt," "[i]t is increasingly clear," try to give legitimacy to its feelings, but read more like weak spin terms. "Yet Mr. Sharon says he will remove the tanks and troops whenever it suits him. This is an insult to Mr. Bush and the United States." All right then, let's pull the tanks out and let the intifada continue to kill more citizens just so the US doesn't get its feelings hurt. The entire editorial is just one long whine that is truly sad. There are some very legitimate reasons to protest the Israeli action, but the prestige of the US is not one of them. Maybe I'm just standing on the dock though.
- posted by levinson @ 4/09/2002 07:27:00 AM