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January 31, 2006
An Israeli Glimpse Into the Abyss
You might be tempted to think that if our backs were against the wall — if we were staring imminent extinction in the eye — even the Left would set aside its sanctimonious nonsense and admit that our civilization deserves to exist and has a right to defend itself. But don't be too sure. Consider the example of Israel, which is openly slated for destruction by the soon-to-be-nuclear Iran, and now has on its border a quasi-state where a blood-drenched terrorist organization was just democratically elected. Even there, the instinct of self-preservation has yet to replace moonbattery with patriotism in some quarters.
As Steven Plaut observes on FrontPageMagazine.com:
Israeli leftists increasingly cheer for Hamas, because they openly endorse Hamas's agenda itself, which just happens to be based on annihilating Israel.
Americans have known at least since the McGovern candidacy that the Left can be suicidal politically; Israel shows that its suicidal impulses might be quite literal. Gideon Levy is a prime example. Here he is crowing about Hamas' victory on Haaretz.com:
First, these are very authentic results, achieved through elections that were respectably democratic, even though they took place under the least democratic circumstances imaginable, the occupation. As usual, we were threatened by our experts with "anarchy," and, as usual, the Palestinians did not meet those expectations. There was no shooting and no rioting; the Palestinian nation had its say with admirable order. It said "no" to a movement that did not bring it any achievements in the just struggle against the occupation, and it said "yes" to those who appeared to the voters to be braver and with clean hands. The religious issue was set aside: Most of the Palestinians, it can be safely said, don't want a religious state; they want a free state.
Ahem, Mr. Levy, no shooting, no rioting, no anarchy? What about this:
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Firing into the air, Fatah gunmen stormed Palestinian parliament buildings on Saturday and demanded the party leadership resign following a crushing election defeat by Hamas. ... "No partnership with Hamas," gunmen chanted as they fired in the air in Ramallah. ... In Gaza, police briefly stormed the local parliament compound in protest at suggestions by Hamas that it take over security forces once it forms a new government. ... Eight people were wounded in street battles between Fatah and Hamas supporters in the Gaza Strip on Friday. ... Hamas, behind a suicide bombing campaign that has killed hundreds of Israelis, has said it will accept a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza as a first step toward conquering Israel
Appallingly, the "clean hands" Levy refers to are the hands that do this:
Where Levy got the notion that the "religious issue was set aside" by the election of Islamic fundamentalists, only the Devil could say.
No serious person disputes that Hamas is and has always been a terrorist organization devoted to bringing about the complete annihilation of Israel. Liberal Israelis who actually side with Hamas provide a glimpse into the abyss of self-destructive lunacy that is the black heart of moonbattery.
Update
Welcome readers of Rightwing Nuthouse's Carnival of the Clueless #32.
Posted by Van Helsing at January 31, 2006 2:23 PM
Comments
I have always remembered a line form an old Beau Geste type movie (I forget the name) where they proposed a massive jailbreak as a diversion to get out the one person they were trying to free. The line was something like "you turn 400 arabs loose and they'll run 400 different directions". Given their track record and with the right prodding, would not the Muslim world soon Balkanize themselves into oblivion?
Posted by: Vonster at January 31, 2006 2:58 PM
Fatah is well advised to not to seek a coalition with Hamas. They will have utterly no influence because Hamas doesn't need them.
Hamas will probably proceed to kill any effective political opponents anyway. Then I expect a period somewhat like the worst years of the PRI in Mexico. When the other political parties could exist provided they had no influence.
Fatah should let Hamas proceed. If things improve Hamas will win the next election anyway. And if Hamas can't win, they will win anyway.
Best to just resign you opposition seat. And try to give an impression of being ill and out of politics for at least a year.
Posted by: K at January 31, 2006 8:08 PM
But let us never forget the truly hideous evil flowing from the Devil Danes:
Posted by: Indigo Red at January 31, 2006 9:21 PM
