Israel’s Battle, and the Morally Bankrupt West

North Star Writers Group ^ | January 7, 2009 | David Karki

[Invisigoth]

In the past few days, Israel has moved back into the Gaza strip with ground forces, in order to put a stop to Hamas rocket attacks across the border. This is almost a carbon-copy repeat of what happened in southern Lebanon after Israel pulled out of there, only to be greeted with rocket attacks from Hezbollah into Israel proper.

But in that case, Israel did not crush and finish off Hezbollah, thus incurring the morally blind and hypocritical wrath of much of the West while having accomplished nothing substantial in exchange for it. (And arguably making matters worse, if Hezbollah recruitment was aided any in the process.) One hopes that Israel, having learned its lesson then, will not repeat that mistake now and instead remove all capability Hamas has to attack further. In so doing, they will have dealt an enemy a mortal blow, made their own citizenry materially safer and sent a clear message to all who would pick up where Hamas leaves off.

And as for that morally blind West – the United Nations, the mainstream media, some governments – here are some thoughts for them to ponder:

[mickey finn]

Hits the nail on the head.