Israel and the Rest of the World

What has become apparent in these last few days if not confirmed is that Israel (and the United States) and judge by a different standard than the rest of the world.

We have found out the the peace protesters attacked the Israeli commandoes. We then found out they were armed. They we find out that they had stun grenades. Then we find out they were funded by the Turks. Yet the onus is on the Israelis. Somehow they should have given the peace terrorists a bouquet of flowers and kissed them on the lips. Is there something wrong here?

When we look to the rest of the world, North Korea sinks a South Korean Naval vessel in South Korean waters and nothing happens. Everyone is more afraid of China than they are of us or anyone else. This is just a continuation of the Obama Obsequiousness World Tour. No bad deed will be punished, unless of course it's allegedly perpetrated by the US or Israel. It fits Obama's narrative that the US has been the purveyor of evil in the world.

And what about evil? Ahmedinejad calls for the destruction of Israel, not on one occasion but continually over the years, while he now has enough material to create 2 nuclear weapons. Hamas' mantra is what? The destruction of Israel.

Pat Buchanan and rest of the anti-Israel malcontents will say, what does the destruction of Israel have to do with the US? It hasn't happened. Take a few steps back and look at the proponents behind this. It's islam, it's global jihadists. It's not about the fact we are the best or the richest, or the freest. It's about a world view that sees the end game as a global caliphate. In spite of the assertion that Israelis forced out palestinians, whatever that is, the jews were forced out by muslims over 1000 years ago, continuing the diaspora. So who forced who out first?

Look at the muslim invasion of Europe, now in its third iteration. Sharia law is allowed in the UK, and Rowan Williams sees Sharia and Islam dominance in England and Europe as inevitable. They are giving up without a fight (and people in this country worry about Mexicans. In time we will want them with open arms compared to the coming muslim problem).

So while the destruction of Israel doesn't raise a few hackles, who's next after them? Us of course. The problem is, we have no Charles Martel in our time. By the time the west recognizes there is a problem, it's wont be one anymore as it won't matter. We want to be so open minded as to let bad things in and accept them. Aristotle said that "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." A wise man whose ideas have been forgotten by most. The rational mind has been supplanted by the feeling one. 


While I am not an interventionist, I think we need to recognize threats when they arise. It's the rational thing to do. Criticizing Israel is just an attempt by those who would enjoy her destruction to foment that in an incremental fashion because of the accurately perceived weakness that our enemies and other countries who interests are not the same as our own see in Obama and his regime. They know this stranger lover will throw his own under the bus in order to be loved by those that hate him. He's a deranged narcissist and cannot help himself. The result is that those outside out circle have grown hungry in their appetite for our destruction and the destruction of of allies. It's a case of malignant and pro-active schadenfreude on their part. 


So some will ask, why not bring these people into our inner circle? I will ask, will that change their intentions, and if you believe so, show me an example where that was true. I believe it is good to have talks that build common ground if possible, but sooner or later the white elephant in the room will have to be dealt with, whatever that is. Diplomacy has mixed results here at best. It's a poker game where every tool in the toolbox must be brought to the game. Obama & Co. think they can get it done with just one tool. The problem is that these problems are out of the scope of community leaders and their normal solution of spreading around walking around money. Talk is cheap, especially with those that are resolute. 

So where does this leave us? In the case of Israel with the Jihadist Flotilla, They have a few choices. All have their consequences. When the commandoes boarded the boat, they actually didn't expect the resistance they received and actually wished to pursue more peaceful methods of interdicting. It didn't go well and it will not be repeated, I assure you. it was a one shot deal. The Israelis have a legitimate concern about these "humanitarian" boats bringing weapons to Gaza. What was found on the boats justifies their concern, yet we have the mess. 


Ultimately, Israel will do what they have to do to protect their interests. Obama should be supportive and the truth supports that position. The problem is he is breaking his back trying to get our enemies to love him, or at least not hate him. The time has come for tough talk. All tools need to be put on the table and shown to these despots and other half rate and third world idiots of what their options are. The problem is, what are our options? Frankly, we are over extended. What could we do? 


The bottom line is that in a dangerous world where certain countries are becoming more dangerous. While we should avoid posturing and also becoming over extended, we need to send a message that cuts through all the noise. 

1. The United States will defend itself against all enemies foreign and domestic with extreme prejudice. 
2. The United States will support our allies in the face of aggression. We will defend them if asked. 
3. The United States will use all tools available in diplomacy. Nothing is off the table. 
4. The United States will judge it's relationships not by words, but by actions, and their will be accountability. 
5. The United States will no longer support countries financially or otherwise that "Take the piss" on us. 

After these statements of facts are made, then our actions must match them. The model for this was created by Ronald Reagan and modified by me. I would be slightly more hard ass. Again, actions must match words, or it's meaningless. It is like the guy that says, you better not cross this line, then the other guy crosses it, and he draws another one and makes the same demand again. It's a recipe for being playing and being feckless. It done by the Farm Animals® in Europe, but obviously it has not served them well. 

The real bottom line is that the rest of the world is behaving like a petulant, obstinate child whose behavior has been reinforced by doing nothing. It's time for some tough love. If we want this double standard to stop, we must be willing to stand up and say enough is enough. Neville Chamberlain has been dead a long time and unfortunately was reanimated in November of 2008. It's time to send him back. We know where his pusillanimity lead, and it's no different this time around. 

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Global Jihad on Flotilla

According to the IDF, 50 people on board the Mavi Marmara are part of the Global Jihad Network. Is this a coincidence?

According the Jerusalem Post, "During its searches of the Mavi Marmara on Tuesday, the military also discovered a cache of bulletproof vests and night-vision goggles, as well as gas masks. On Monday morning, at least nine foreign activists were killed during the navy’s takeover of the Mavi Marmara, which was trying to break Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip.

The group of over 50 passengers with possible terror connections have refused to identify themselves and were not carrying passports. Many of them were carrying envelopes packed with thousands of dollars in cash."

Obviously, these bozos weren't on a peace mission. While I could see the hollyweird types creating a reality series like Whale Wars (may be they will call it Palestinians For Peace or some other non-sense) and portray these sfacimes as some sort of freedom fighters, meanwhile they strap bombs to their children to blow up night clubs. I digress.

On top of this we have Obama calling Reçep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister of Turkey offering condolences (BTW, Turkey is funding the terrorists on this peace mission). What's next, calling the Saudi royal family when we whack OBL? Should we send them a mass card? I wonder what tribute will be inside the card? Obama truly talks out of both sides of his ass. On another front, we here the Irish are sending a boat to run the blockade. This is the country whose own home grown terrorists aligned themselves with the PLO. The hypocrisy never ends.

What this amounts to is every anti-israel constituency in the world is piling on because they see Israel weaker as the Obama Regime does not support Israel as the US traditionally have. They see it as an opportunity to not only slander Israel, but shame them into giving up the west bank and whatever else the PLO can get out of them. This is nothing more than a political stunt and it won't work. Israel will not fold like a cheap camera and in fact, look for more sparks to fly. It won't end well for the "peace activists".

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Meanwhile the Gulf of BP Oil grows...

Update On Israeli intervention on "Peace Flotilla"

H/T LCR

As an aside, I heard on the Imus in the morning radio that Navy Seals were involved on this mission. It gets more interesting. Res Ipsa Loquitur applies again.

So much for a peace mission:







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Israel: Treading Water or Sinking Fast?

When first reported, I decided to keep my counsel on mess with the Gaza Flotilla. My first reaction was, WTF? I have to say I was shocked and dismayed, but decided that it was way to early to weigh in on this.

Already, we have reports out that the Israelis tried to board the ship to lawfully prevent it from entering Israeli waters. Furthermore, that the peace activists on board attacked the commandos (such foolishness) and even tried to hang them.

Leave it to the press to pile on as well. Still, I don't want to comment on this too much, but I will offer some commentary. It is usually the MO of the left to use alleged peaceful actions into goading an enemy into reacting. Look at the Greenpeace lunatics that try to stop whaling fishermen. Same kind of deal. The premise here is that this Flotilla is on some sort of (alleged) humanitarian mission and somehow Israel dropped on them from out of nowhere and killed a dozen or so of them. As Nickie Goomba says, It don't make sense.

I will also say that these sfacimes that surround Israel know that the tide has shifted with the Obama Regime being anti-Israel, and Iran now having the capability to make nuclear weapons. We also see Iran signing deals to help other arab countries make their own as well. The log and the short of it is, expect Israel to take care of itself, and furthermore, they would be well advised to tell Obama to take a hike. He's been useless and in fact an enemy of Israel.

While I do have an interesting opinion about the palestinian problem, I will continue to keep my counsel on this until I learn more, but I would be that Israel did not act out unjustified in this. So, everyone wait and take a deep breath and lets see what really happened. Personally, I would have put a 5" through the bow.

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