Eugene Robinson: It's Disproportionate. . .

[tuvor]

Just my luck. I go away on vacation and it happens to be the week when George W. Bush's strategic view of the current world situation is revealed: Russia big. China big, too. World leaders boring. Lady world leaders need neck rub. Terrorism bad. Elections good (when the right people get elected). Israel good. Time to go home yet?

I felt better when I thought the Decider didn't have a worldview, just a set of instincts about freedom and democracy. But even if you set aside the president's embarrassing open-mike performance at the Group of Eight summit, which is hard to do, events of the past week show that this administration actually thinks it knows what it's doing. Bush and his folks haven't just blundered around and created this dangerous mess, they've done it on purpose. And they intend to make it worse.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/24/AR2006072400810.html

[Demeter]

1. Not Sure If Bush INTENDS to Make Things Worse

Just know that he TENDS to make things worse. In fact, you can bet money on it.

[Rose Siding]

2. kick- Robinson's view is my own-

"Of course Israel has the right to defend itself against Hezbollah's rocket attacks. But how can this utterly disproportionate, seemingly indiscriminate carnage be anything but counterproductive?"

[FILAM23]

3. Disproportionate is in the eye of the beholder,

I believe that if you bomb my country and kill 1 person,
I will bomb your country until you quit regardless of the
number of people killed.
In other words propotionality is BS.