Comments on: An International Embarrassment http://www.newclarion.com/2008/12/an-international-embarrassment/ Our mission is to combat the unreason and selflessness that are sweeping our culture from the nihilist left to the religious right, and to sound a new ideal of capitalism and individual rights in American politics. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:04:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Elisheva Levin http://www.newclarion.com/2008/12/an-international-embarrassment/#comment-249 Elisheva Levin Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:50:34 +0000 http://www.newclarion.com/?p=279#comment-249 I was pleased to see this little blog entry and the ARI statement that the US should support Israel's self-defense. Most of the blogosphere (at least the part that I inhabit) seems to be oblivious to what is happening or makes claims of moral equivalency. Thanks. I was pleased to see this little blog entry and the ARI statement that the US should support Israel’s self-defense.

Most of the blogosphere (at least the part that I inhabit) seems to be oblivious to what is happening or makes claims of moral equivalency.

Thanks.

]]> By: Myrhaf http://www.newclarion.com/2008/12/an-international-embarrassment/#comment-231 Myrhaf Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:17:05 +0000 http://www.newclarion.com/?p=279#comment-231 The reporting of the Israel-terrorism conflict has always been based in the premises of altruism and egalitarianism. Israel is strong and Hamas is weak, therefore Israel is expected to sacrifice for the weak and not to respond too "harshly" to terrorism. As a result, terrorists live on and more Israelis die. Remember, in the week before Israel attacked, Hamas launched over 200 rocket attacks! Here is some good news from Contentions: "When Israel attacked, Hamas was caught completely off guard. Just as an illustration, one of the targets was a police academy, where Hamas was holding a graduation ceremony for its newest recruits. According to reports, over 70 Hamas gunmen were killed in that raid alone." http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/hazony/48182 The reporting of the Israel-terrorism conflict has always been based in the premises of altruism and egalitarianism. Israel is strong and Hamas is weak, therefore Israel is expected to sacrifice for the weak and not to respond too “harshly” to terrorism. As a result, terrorists live on and more Israelis die.

Remember, in the week before Israel attacked, Hamas launched over 200 rocket attacks!

Here is some good news from Contentions:

“When Israel attacked, Hamas was caught completely off guard. Just as an illustration, one of the targets was a police academy, where Hamas was holding a graduation ceremony for its newest recruits. According to reports, over 70 Hamas gunmen were killed in that raid alone.”

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/hazony/48182

]]> By: L-C http://www.newclarion.com/2008/12/an-international-embarrassment/#comment-230 L-C Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:07:27 +0000 http://www.newclarion.com/?p=279#comment-230 But madmax, didn't you know emotions are primary and irreducible? But madmax, didn’t you know emotions are primary and irreducible?

]]> By: madmax http://www.newclarion.com/2008/12/an-international-embarrassment/#comment-227 madmax Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:48:15 +0000 http://www.newclarion.com/?p=279#comment-227 I was at the gym yesterday and they had a plasma screen with CNN on. CNN was showing footage of the damage done by the Israeli rockets. All they showed was dead Arabs and crying Arab children. The whole broadcast was meant to generate sympathy for the "poor Muslim peoples" unfairly slaughtered by the cruel, selfish, war-mongering Jews. It nearly turned my stomach. I immediately thought of Dr. Peikoff's "A Picture Is Not An Argument" speech. Pictures need to be placed in context. If anyone understands the context of Middle and Near Eastern history and politics then they understand that the Arabs and the Muslims deserve no sympathy especially from the Israelis. And that applies no matter how many Arab kids die in rocket attacks. I was at the gym yesterday and they had a plasma screen with CNN on. CNN was showing footage of the damage done by the Israeli rockets. All they showed was dead Arabs and crying Arab children. The whole broadcast was meant to generate sympathy for the “poor Muslim peoples” unfairly slaughtered by the cruel, selfish, war-mongering Jews. It nearly turned my stomach.

I immediately thought of Dr. Peikoff’s “A Picture Is Not An Argument” speech. Pictures need to be placed in context. If anyone understands the context of Middle and Near Eastern history and politics then they understand that the Arabs and the Muslims deserve no sympathy especially from the Israelis. And that applies no matter how many Arab kids die in rocket attacks.

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