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Thursday, 17 July 2008 |
As far back as December 21, 1924, the wise and knowing New York Times was getting claims and analyses wrong with regard to evil and violent actors around the world.
Look upward, and take in once again the title of this post. It is a real headline from a 12/21/24 Times article, in which a Times reporter explains that Hitler, released on parole from the Landsberg fortress where he had been sent for trying to overthrow the democratic German government (in what has come to be known as the Beerhouse Putsch), had been "moderated" by prison to such a degree that German authorities were convinced that he presented no further danger to the existing society.
In fact, according to the article, it was expected that he would abandon public life and return to his native land of Austria to live quietly and, likely, never be heard from again in any meaningful way.
Barry Rubin, director of Israel's Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center, sees a parallel between that catastrophic 80-year-old misunderstanding of how "tame-able" the world's evil persons are, and the current line being taken by the Times on the importance of Israel being willing to negotiate -- and to compromise -- with hostile entities, such as Hamas, Hezbollah, and the PLO.
"Few countries can afford the luxury of limiting their diplomacy to friendly countries and peace-loving parties," wrote the NYT's editors in a June 30 column. "National security often requires negotiating with dangerous enemies."
Rubin responds:
Right. And believing their protestations of moderation, making concessions to them, ending sanctions, blaming ourselves for problems, and never using force is the actual content of such negotiations.
Then the leaders of Hamas, Hizballah, Syria, Iran, the Muslim Brotherhoods, al-Qaida, North Korea, Zimbabwe, Sudan, etc., will no doubt be tamed, abandon public life, and go back to their homes.
Henry Kissinger once told the joke--or at least is credited for doing so--that it is very easy to have the lion lay down with the lamb, as long as you put in a new lamb every day. Kissinger no doubt little expected at the time that this would become the democratic world's favored strategy. No surprise that the main villain for the politically correct West is Israel, the lamb that refuses the honor.
That is some very well-prepared food for thought.read
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Thursday, 17 July 2008 |
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Johathan R. Segovia, personnel security detail, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, a ground combat element attached to Multinational Force - West, relaxes with Iraqi children in Sha-ban, Iraq, July 9, 2008. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl....read
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Thursday, 17 July 2008 |
Continuing a series begun here. Let's take a movie break, shall we? Multi-National Division-Center (MND-C) was formed in the early months of 2007 - a key part of the strategy commonly called "the surge". The Third Infantry Division, dubbed "Task Force Marne" in Iraq, took command of the newly defined area of operations (AO) in March of that year. By June all surge Brigades (sub-components of the Division, each with an assigned battlespace within the MND-C AO) were in place,...read
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 |
Al Afghan and Coalition forces continue to have success disrupting the Taliban command elements, but security in Kandahar deteriorates.read
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Wednesday, 16 July 2008 |
Iraqi security forces secure voter registration centers in preparation for upcoming provincial elections in Mosul.read
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