Friday, February 02, 2007
Iran attacks Israel. Again.
War by proxy is still war.
It seems to me that it is not in Israel's interest to regard itself as at war with Iran. Iran, however, obviously regards itself as at war with Israel. Is there any doubt that Israel would be justified in law and morality for hitting Iran, even if it would be unwise to do?
6 Comments:
By 
Dawnfire82, at
Fri Feb 02, 09:07:00 PM:
Well of course it wouldn't be justified. Israel held to a different, higher standard.
By Jason Pappas, at
Fri Feb 02, 09:22:00 PM:
Israel would be justified.
I was reading Patrick Henry’s “The War Inevitable” and couldn't help but apply his rhetoric to the present. I took the liberty of changing British for Islamist
“Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which kings resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? … They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the Islamist ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain.”
“There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free--if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending--if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained--we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight!”
“It is in vain, Sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace! -- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the North will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our breathren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that Gentlemen wish? What would they have?
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery! Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”
What a speaker ... what a intellectual warrior.
By 
, at
Sat Feb 03, 12:22:00 PM:
Standards are bullshit in this arena
By , at
Sat Feb 03, 12:31:00 PM:
These are the standards laid down by Arafat, and the PA. These standards are mirrowed throughout the ME
CLICK TO SEE THE FULL MOVIE.
By , at
Sat Feb 03, 12:40:00 PM:
Jason, tell it to Pelosi and her ilk.
I sure hope they learn to disengage their brain from their sphincter muscle in short order.
As for Kerry, - his sphincter muscle rules supreme.
By , at
Sat Feb 03, 12:55:00 PM:
Debka has a different version, towards the end of this article
