Let It Be

The Practicalist has been on extended hiatus from political commentary. However, I am compelled to add my couple of pennies worth, as war has progressed in the Gaza strip, and the world has decided to add Israel to the list of countries that have no right to defend themselves. Currently, that list, in its entirety, is, as follows, to wit:

1. The United States of America
2. Israel

Welcome, Israel.

Now, the Uniched Nations is getting involved. The human rights (and unearned privileges) council, comprised of Arab and African nations, whose human rights records give them a mandate like no other council before them, are calling for investigations of Israel's wartime activities. Other human rights (and unearned privileges) groups, are also condemning Israel for standing up for its citizens. Of course, wink wink, "without diminishing the responsibility of Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups for indiscriminate and deliberate attacks on Israeli civilians."

Well, let's see, doing the research, I have found calls by the UN human rights (and unearned privileges) council for investigation into Hamas and Palestine's actions a total of... let's see... carry the 1... um... aha... zero times.

So, just to be sure I understand the logic here:

Israel conquered the Gaza strip during a war in which it was attacked by multiple neighbors. After being sold out by its staunchest weak-kneed allies, it agreed to provide the strip to Palestinians, should they be capable of governing themselves. As soon as they were given land, those Palestinians turned right around and started bombing and killing Israeli towns, villages, and civilians. Israel sent messages to citizens of certain towns in Gaza telling them that they would soon be bombed, and to please try to not be there when the missiles arrive. Meanwhile, Hamas continues to indiscriminately bomb Israeli civilian locations. Israel puts up with it for a while, knowing that any response would draw severe criticism from "civilized" nations. After so long, and so many deaths of its own civilians, it responds with very targeted, and telegraphed, attacks. And for its decision to lop off the head of the dragon attacking it, rather than merely chinking it with rocks, it is severely condemned by "civilized" nations who can't even avoid terrorizing their own civilians.

Well, I say, go Israel. Do what you've got to do. The rest of the pansies be damned. I don't recall seeing daily tracking numbers of Israelis killed during the last several months of random killings by Hamas. If folks didn't like you before, there's really nothing you can do that would change that. Look out for your own people.