The Distraction of Goliath
If you haven’t already read this masterpiece of a column by Thomas Sowell, avail yourself now. As Sowell observes:
There was a time when it would have been suicidal to threaten, much less attack, a nation with much stronger military power because one of the dangers to the attacker would be the prospect of being annihilated.
“World opinion,” the U.N. and “peace movements” have eliminated that deterrent. An aggressor today knows that if his aggression fails, he will still be protected from the full retaliatory power and fury of those he attacked because there will be hand-wringers demanding a cease fire, negotiations and concessions.
That is what the UN does. It insults the sovereignty of Israel at the behest of its Mohammedan overlords and their dhimmi sympathizers. Never mind your tedious litany of resolutions that Israel has supposedly violated: all you need to know is Resolution 1559. That’s the one that says that Hizballah must be disarmed. But did that happen? Of course not. Israel honored its end of the deal and withdrew from Lebanon six years ago —while the UN permitted Hizballah to build itself up into the sword of Damocles. And now these same assholes want to criticize Israel for defending itself against a threat it knew was coming because they themselves would not act to disarm Hizballah?
It must be that there is something inherent in the constitution of the State of Israel that does not admit of self-defense. There must be an actual reason why a lesser military power (Hizballah) is allowed to start a war against a nuclearized country (Israel). But what could these be? What is the nature of Eurabia’s complaint against the [Zionist Entity]? It must be very old —something inculcated into generation after generation, escaping reason or any kind of thought at all.
Israel will not vaporize Beirut. They will not waste themselves on the monster’s arm when its head and its heart are at the essence of the problem. And that is where Israel must eradicate the threat to its existence.
I know this will happen. And it overwhelms me.
