Posted on 07/20/2006 5:38:59 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
July 20, 2006 - 08:13
Heart-rending images of small children being lifted across a fence. Outraged American/Lebanese evacuees describing indiscriminate Israeli bombing. A Lebanese man with blood on his shirt after his brother was killed by an Israeli bomb. And the only two reporters on the scene reporting from Beirut. That was the way the 'Today' largely saw fit to cover the Middle East conflict this morning.
While none of the words or images are necessarily inaccurate [and we were treated to one evacuee heartily thanking Pres. Bush], they utterly fail to tell the whole story. Yes, Israel is militarily superior to its immediate neighbors. So it is easy to portray it as the bully in this fight. But let's look at the larger picture - Israel, a small strip of land, with relatively few people or natural resources, surrounded by hundreds of millions of largely Muslim Arabs in more than a dozen states. Have a look at the map. Israel is a barely discernible dot in the Muslim sea. And just as it is geographically dwarfed so too is it overwhelmed when it comes to natural resources - oil above all - compared to its neighbors.
Even more importantly is the question of attitude. As a poster on my NewsBusters item of last evening reported, Bill O'Reilly recently framed things this way:
"Tomorrow, if the terrorists stopped killing and lay down their arms, the violence in the Middle East and in Iraq, for that matter, will stop. Tomorrow, if Israel throws all of its weapons in to the Mediterranean Sea, there will be another Holocaust." [Hat tip to first person providing exact cite.]
Too true. Yet the MSM inevitably emphasize the suffering of others at the hands of Israel, generally ignoring the fact that Israel perpetually stands between one defeat and extinction.
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If it bleeds it leads.
Damn straight! Islamic Nazism -- the new bubonic plague.
We should take note that these enemies have stated they want to die in order to lay around with 72 virgins. Any religion that promises that is as loosely wrapped as their adherents.
They want to die....we want to kill them.
Let's get busy!
No time for nation building. Every effort expended in that avenue is time and valuable lives lost in an attempt to please the world, which is mostly comprised of our enemies.
Sorry i guess I missunderstood your earlier reponse. We are on the same page.
BARF ALERT!
Yes They dropped leaflets, BUT.... if they had first consulted F.R. I am sure that by now the picture would be in color. Point.. remind the idiots that it is Hizbullah's problem, remind them that it is the party of ...God? remind them that if they don't get there a... out of Beirut in 48 hours they are dead because Beirut is taking its place in ancient history
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