Mark Steyn sobre el conflicto árabe- israelí:
At a certain unspoken level, we understand that the Huntington thesis is right, and the Rice view is wishful thinking. After all, when French President Sarkozy and other European critics bemoan Israel's "disproportionate" response, what really are they saying? That they expect better from the despised Jews than from Hamas. That they regard Israel as a Western society bound by civilized norms, whereas any old barbarism issuing forth from Gaza is to be excused on grounds of "desperation."
Hence, this slightly surreal headline from The New York Times: "Israel Rejects Cease-Fire, But Offers Gaza Aid." For whatever that's worth. Wafa Samir Ibrahim al-Biss, a young Palestinian woman who received considerate and exemplary treatment at an Israeli hospital in Beersheba, returned to that same hospital packed with explosives in order to blow herself up and kill the doctors and nurses who restored her to health. Well, what do you expect? It's "desperation" born of "poverty" and "occupation."
If it was, it would be easy to fix. But what if it's not? What if it's about something more primal than land borders and economic aid?
Yo me quedo con lo que escribió el maestro Thomas Sowell hace unos años.
Yo los entiendo a todos. Si fuera israelí estaría encantado con los ataques. Los europeos, si vivieran en Israel tambien lo estarían. Lo que pasa es que como no viven ahí, y el conflicto se sale de los rules of engagement civilizados ellos piden que se juegue dentro de las reglas para defenderse a si mismos, sentir que ellos no se vieron obligados a caer como los israelies en ese nivel de ferocidad. No estan defendiendo a los palestinos, defienden el irse a dormir sin problemas a la noche, el no tener que ser los que le dieron el tiro de gracia a la mascota que se contagió rabia.
ReplyDeleteObviamente si un cuete les pudiera entrar por la ventana en cualquier momento su postura sería otra.
Odian a los judios mas que al propio Estado de Israel.
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