David Broder's Lapse Into Senility

Doubling Two Bad Bets?

By David S. Broder
Thursday, August 3, 2006; Page A27

If you think there is an echo in the air when officials discuss the twin crises in Iraq and Lebanon, you're not hearing things. In both cases the argument for carrying on the destructive current policy comes down to a claim that "we can't afford to let the other guy win."

President Bush says over and over that cutting short the occupation of Iraq would turn that country over to the terrorists and embolden them to carry their wicked plots ever closer to our shores. He also endorses -- implicitly -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's view that an early cease-fire with Lebanon would strengthen Hezbollah and make its prime sponsor, Iran, even more of a threat to its neighbors. That political support enables Olmert to wage the kind of campaign he has in Lebanon.

In both cases, the argument is not that continuing on the present course will necessarily or probably yield a positive result. On the contrary, it is basically a claim that it is unacceptable to change -- because the other side will claim a victory.

But if Hezbollah in Lebanon and the insurgents in Iraq really are deadly threats to Israel and the United States, respectively, then those nations should have used their full military might -- which is overwhelming -- to deal with the menace.

David Broder truly is an idiot. David, are you really questioning whether Hizbollah is a threat to Israel? Are you aware that there stated goal is "the complete destruction of the Zionist Entity?" In case you don't know what that means, they desire to wipe Israel off of the face of the Earth, and all of the Jewish inhabitants right along with it. No threat to Israel?

What can I possibly say to this bizzare editorial? Saying Broder is misguided would be a gross understatement, the word stupid leaps to mind.

It is astounding to me how the Left views events in the world. Israel is viciously attacked without provocation by a world renown terrorist group who are responsible for the deaths of 240+ American Marines among a host of others, and jerks like David Broder question whether Israel is right to attack the perpetrators.

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