There is so much that is disturbing about this chain of events, I might miss a few points. Please feel free to add to my list in the comments section below. first off, I am not buying the, “I didn’t know any better,” defense of his slanderous attack on Israel being offered by Mr. Goldstone. When he wrote his report on the 2008 – 2009 Gaza offensive, Mr. Goldstone neglected to notice that the practitioners of the Religion of Peace had in fact been actively engaged in kidnapping innocent Israelis and lobbing Katusha Rockets into Northern Israel targeting schools and synagogues daily. He accused Israel of war crimes, and glossed over the fact that war crimes had indeed been perpetrated by the, “Palestinians.” Now, three years later, Mr. Goldstone admits that there were no war crimes committed by the Israelis, and in fact those accusations were entirely fabricated. Now that the damage is done, Goldstone wants to apologize, and travel to Israel, like it never happened. Such is the case for Israel, they literally are held under a different microscope than the rest of the world. There is not a single other nation on Earth who would tolerate the attacks on their soil even once, let alone on a daily basis. Israel has, as does every nation, the right to defend herself, and yet, I hear calls for Israel to show restraint. Not only is Israel restrained from defending herself, but she is also the only nation to provide a 24 hour notice of warning to the enemy prior to making any attack during battle. This insane rule of engagement is designed to prevent anyone from being able to make the charge that Israel targets civilians. What Goldstone has taught us, is that an actual crime is not necessary for a charge to be levelled.
The U.S. response to this has been, to say the least puzzling. On the one hand, our U.N. ambassador is giving lip service to being supportive of Israel, but that is where it stops. By merely wishing the fabricated report to just go away, rather than publicly correct the record, Rice is in effect passing up an opportunity to show the U.N. Human Rights Council, (a body which once boasted as having Moamar Kaddafy as its leader,) for what it truly is. For those who don’t know, it is a vile collection of the world’s most murderous thugs and brutal dictators given a platform to bully and cajole the law abiding citizens of the world. The Obma led Kumbayah school of foreign policy has not made any of this better. In fact, we have seen the most brutal and terrifying organization in world history already take over Egypt, a former ally, and are indeed fighting alongside this same group to help them take over Libya. Obama and the political left are not the only ones guilty of being a little squeamish when it comes to dealing with one of our staunchest allies. President Bush held up the Bush Doctrine, which I agreed with by the way, and promptly showed the world that it did not apply to Israel. They were the only nation in his world which was not only prohibited from presumptively dealing with terrorism, but required to show that wonderful restraint as well. Bush 41, during the Gulf War, while stationing Patriot Batteries in Israel, threatened her to not retaliate when clearly attacked with Scud Missiles. Carter and Clinton both legitimized the, “Palestinians,” by giving advice and comfort and a seat at the table to Yassar Arafat. You may have noticed that I always refer to the, “Palestinians,” in quotes, this is because anyone who knows even the slightest thing about the region realizes that there is actually no such thing as a, “Palestinian People.”
Part of the problem in this region, not only with Israel, but Lebanon, Libya, Egypt, Syria, and Iran also is a universal refusal to deal honestly with facts. We are paralyzed from recognizing and dealing with the truth by a political correctness run amok. When exactly, did it become out of vogue to call a thug a thug? Not every society and culture is equal. Clearly, a culture which allows for rape victims to be imprisoned for allowing themselves to be in the company of a male rapist while unmarried, and refuses to prosecute the rapist, is not on an equal footing with my culture. Clearly, a culture which allows a woman to be stoned to death for the crime of being caught in public with a non relative male companion is not on an equal footing with my culture. Clearly, a culture which celebrates mass murder of school children and people dancing in night clubs is not on an equal footing with my culture. Bigotry is wrong, discrimination is not. For what ever reason, we in this great country gave up the ability to discriminate between good and evil, and it is costing us dearly.
For any on the political left who are regular readers of this site, here is a challenge. Name any time in world history when a lasting peace has been negotiated. I may be wrong, but no one has ever been able to defeat this challenge. A lasting peace has always needed at least one of the following three conditions to occur. One, a convincing military defeat of one nation over another, two, mutually beneficial trade of goods and services between the two nations in question, three, one nation being overwhelmingly superior from a military strength standpoint, this is what will lead to peace, as it has throughout history. You can call me out and dismiss me as a warmonger, chicken hawk, evil, or what have you. Before you do that however, prove me wrong in the arena of ideas, and in the real world. Name a single instance in world history where a lasting peace was negotiated.
Hat tip to NoThreat2U.
