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July 18, 2006

Fire Amongst 'Em

Israel's war against Hezbollah et al seems to be this week's hot topic. I confess I haven't been following it all that closely, primarily because MSM's coverage is so....ridiculous. Here's a typical example:

Israel struck a Lebanese army base outside Beirut and flattened a house near the border, killing at least 16 people in a new wave of bombings, while Hezbollah fired more rockets at northern Israel.

And those Hezbollah rockets did what? Explode harmlessly in mid-air?

And the typical tv coverage goes something like "Israel shelled a Hezbollah stronghold, killing 3 'residents' and startling a kitten held by little Ahmed in a nearby house, causing it to scratch his little defenseless hand. It almost bled! Oh, and earlier Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel, killing 8. But think of all the poor Lebanese kittens, terrified by the indiscriminate, uh precision-targeted shells!"

Me, I'm not so sorry for all those kittys. You lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.

The local news had its obligatory interview with an Israeli born Arkansas resident. He was a pretty interesting gentleman, actually. He asked exactly how could you get along with someone who only wanted to kill you? Of course, you can't. And he brought up an interesting comparison:

What if Mexico suddenly started bombing say, San Diego? How would we respond?

Exactly.

Though I think a more interesting question would be what if La Raza, in an attempt to regain their 'homeland', started bombing trees in Beserkley? Can cognitive dissonance really make heads explode?

Now that would be fun to watch.

Posted by Rita at July 18, 2006 07:49 AM

Comments

Did you watch the interviews with the Mocha Latte crowd from the American University last night? They seemed to believe that they are watching a reality television show and were campaigning to get Israel voted off, or at least get immunity for Hamas and Hezbollah. If the best of education is designed to enhance one's ability to survive, these students have been robbed.

Posted by: Kenneth at July 18, 2006 11:06 AM

No I didn't see that. Doesn't surprise me though. Most college kids today are pretty clueless.

Were we ever that dumb?

Posted by: Rita [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 19, 2006 07:11 AM

I wonder if part (but not all) of the behavious you're describing is caused by Israel's censors? They're being careful in what information is released about where missiles fall, what the casualties are, etc. They don't want to give up-to-date info to those firing rockets so they can use the new reports as a near-real-time targeting system.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/2003/03/is031903.html

Posted by: Bob at July 21, 2006 07:09 AM