Krauthammer: Moral clarity in Gaza

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WASHINGTON – Israel accepts an Egyptian-proposed Gaza cease-fire; Hamas keeps firing. Hamas deliberately aims rockets at civilians; Israel painstakingly tries to avoid them, actually telephoning civilians in the area and dropping warning charges, so-called roof knocking.

“Here’s the difference between us,” explains the Israeli prime minister. “We’re using missile defense to protect our civilians and they’re using their civilians to protect their missiles.”

Rarely does international politics present a moment of such moral clarity. Yet we routinely hear this Israel-Gaza fighting described as a morally equivalent “cycle of violence.” This is absurd. What possible interest can Israel have in cross-border fighting? Everyone knows Hamas set off this mini-war. And everyone knows Hamas’ proudly self-declared raison d’etre: the eradication of Israel and its Jews.

Apologists for Hamas attribute the bloodlust to the Israeli occupation and blockade. Occupation? Does no one remember anything? It was less than 10 years ago that worldwide television showed the Israeli army pulling diehard settlers off synagogue roofs in Gaza as Israel uprooted its settlements, expelled its citizens, withdrew its military and turned every inch of Gaza over to the Palestinians. There was not a soldier, not a settler, not a single Israeli left in Gaza.

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/opinion/columnists/2014/07/17/krauthammer-moral-clarity-gaza/12813295/

[pscot]

1. Eyeless in Gaza

[regnaD kciN]

2. About what you'd expect from Krauthammer...

...the pundit who Alexander Cockburn labeled "The New Republic's Neanderthal in Residence."

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3. One rarely sees them in full throat like that. nt

[BillZBubb]

4. No surprise, a neocon spouting the Israeli line.

Remember this guy was an Iraq invasion cheerleader and used the same twists of the facts to justify it. How'd that turn out?

[Jefferson23]

5. Moral clarity he says, indeed. The unhinged are out in force, bemildred. Not sure when I have

ever seen such a collection at the same time.

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6. Yeah. Sad day.

Have a nice evening, I'm turning in.

[Jefferson23]

8. Have a good night.

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7. Rarely has it been so blindingly clear

that Krauthammer would never know moral clarity even if it poked him in the eye.

[LeftishBrit]

12. There is no 'moral clarity' in Gaza

Except that a lot of innocent people are suffering, and neither the Israeli nor Hamas leaders care too much. Which is clearly IMMORAL.

Why quote Krauthammer? He also wrote a recent article 'Iraq Instability Obama's Fault'. He is not a serious commentator IMO.

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13. Well, you know I don't support his views.

It is a stirring example of the war lover in full throat, letting it all out, giving it his best shot, thoroughly convinced of the rightness of his cause no matter what heinous acts he might now be forced to commit.