It is inevitably so that when two parties are in protracted conflict, neither will be faultless in conduct. Wrongs will be committed, misbehavior will be rationalized, and the sense of one’s own righteousness will excuse even long-term, strategic misdirections in course. The first two of those categories are why political settlements of disputes cannot come […]
The Hypocrisy and Bullshit of Glenn Greenwald: II
What follows is the transcript of Hugh Hewitt’s January 2009 radio show interview of Glen Greenwald, taken from Hewitt’s blog. It is of some length, so if you want to save time, you can scan for the bold highlights I have made and my commentary broken out along the way. I recommend reading the full […]
Quotes of the Day II
Octavia Nasr, CNN chief Middle East correspondent for twenty years tweeted, Sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah… One of Hezbollah’s giants I respect a lot. Yesterday, she was fired. Josh Marshall at TPM did a little sleuthing and questions the extent of Fadlallah’s Hezbollah connection – and thus the degree […]
Quote of the Day
Peter Beinart, unhappy with the public statements of Benjamin Netanyahu after Netanyahu’s meeting with President Obama: If this is what Obama gets for playing nice, perhaps he should consider going back to tough love. If that’s how quickly Beinart gets frustrated and seeks payback, then I imagine the Palestinians should be be happy he wasn’t […]
The Liberal Conscience
There is much else I would like to be writing about besides Israel, other kinds of writing I would like to be posting – and I’ll continue to try – but now is an urgent moment. One point I will make repeatedly is the necessity for liberal supporters of Israel to stand up against the […]