There was this depressing moment when Israeli Prime Minister Barack unilaterally removed Israel’s troops from Lebanon. He did so in large part because Israel simply had no desire to do anything with Lebanon. It was unilateral because Syria didn’t agree to remove its troops.
Had Syria withdrawn, the unsettling message — some terrorists supporting the Palestinian Cause waving signs saying “Palestine Next!” as a sort of “Israel out!” — wouldn’t be so. Thus, we have a glimpse at the tragedy of the Israeli politik.
At the moment, a handful of the liberal intelligentsia (such as they can exist in the form of bloggers and Bill Maherians) are entertaining the notion that “Maybe Bush was right.” It’s the yang to the yen of the Liberal Hawks’ quasi or full (depending on the individual) Apology for supporting the War in Iraq, circa Summer of 2004. Go to the American Spectator website and you’ll find a full page of Triumphantalism: Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Egypt, the DNC — where is the Bush Doctrine not winning?.
Full realization that good be borne (partially, though not completely in the case of Syria now being pressured to withdraw from Lebanon) can come out of bad is the mark of a well heeled non-ideological thoughtful person. (At the same time, analyze these photos and appreciate the manipulation.)
A message to everyone, though: Occupations end, whether a host nation likes it not. More later. Perhaps.
March 8th, 2005 at 10:05 am
I enjoy trying to read meaning into some of your typos:
“It’s the yang to the yen” or
“It’s the masculine to the Japanese currency”
Maybe that’s an intentional pun that I don’t get.
March 8th, 2005 at 10:15 am
It’s the mark of an unprofessional blog. Occasionally I’ll clean them up. Occasionally I’ll see the typo, laugh, and keep it there. Sometimes, and this happens with names, if the stats show that the mistyped name brings it to a higher google showing, you really have no choice but to keep the name mistyped.