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Worry about the West — not Israel
Jewish World Review ^ | 8-10-06 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 08/10/2006 4:40:53 AM PDT by SJackson

If so many of our politicians, intellectuals and media will not or cannot fathom moral differences in this war, they will hardly be able to see them anywhere else

The reactions and media coverage coming out of the West regarding this latest war in the Middle East are as bewildering as they are instructive.

Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., for example, recently said, "I don't take sides for or against Hezbollah or for or against Israel."

Meanwhile, the Western news agency Reuters, responding to scrutiny by bloggers, withdrew wire photos taken by a freelance photographer of a smoky and burning Beirut. Reuters had failed to catch the freelancer's doctoring of the photos to emphasize unduly the damage from Israeli bombs.

And the Associated Press notes that initially reported Lebanese claims of 40 "civilians" killed by Israeli air strikes at Houla, Lebanon, in fact, were mistaken — and that the latest reports have lowered the death toll to one.

In Qana, where the Israeli military had hit an apartment building (and were quickly censured by European statesmen), the number of civilian fatalities reported also kept decreasing as reports were scrutinized. Plus, we have learned that several hours lapsed between the dropping of the bombs and the fatal collapse of the building, raising further questions about the relationship between the bombing and the fatalities that followed. Finally, based on photographs from the scene, the onsite rescue appeared staged for reporters.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Israel
KEYWORDS: 2006israelwar; israel; jihad; jihadists; left; theleft; vdh; victordavishanson; west
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21 posted on 08/10/2006 6:15:03 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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22 posted on 08/10/2006 6:26:00 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: potlatch

DANGERS IN THE NIGHT

23 posted on 08/10/2006 6:39:51 PM PDT by devolve (fx 9125_AMERICANS_KILLED_2003_BY_ILLEGALS MEX_ILLEGAL_GOT_911_TERRORISTS_ID NO_NUEVO_TEJAS)
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To: devolve

I'm truly frightened!!


24 posted on 08/10/2006 6:42:41 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: potlatch; pookie18

that is sooooooooooo good. Thanks.

I am so sad that it is so true.


25 posted on 08/10/2006 7:04:58 PM PDT by bitt ("And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.")
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Thank you bitt!


26 posted on 08/10/2006 7:07:46 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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