On CNN just now, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said: “There is no proportional response to terrorism” as a defense for Israel’s massive assault on Gaza. And while on some level I agree, the comment lacks a certain understanding of reality. If someone attacks, striking back at them with blinding force is fine, but if [...]
Since 9/11, there’s been a theme in the U.S. that if you are critical of U.S. policies, you are basically a terrorist. This, of course, has dimished significantly as those people opposed to things like the Iraq war have been shown to have been correct in their predictions.
But in a similar vein, it seems that [...]
In many ways, I don’t have much to say about this. While the attack itself was particularly…showy…it isn’t significantly different from anything in the past.
Honestly and truly, while I do believe that Israel has, from time to time, completely over-reacted, they’ve also show great restraint at other times. This is made more amazing by the [...]