Dobbs' Blog-Can someone synthesize this for me?

[a la izquierda]

I can't get a read on this guy. Anybody willing to distill Lou Dobbs and his viewpoints for me? He actually seems to be human in this essay.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/18/dobbs.july19/index.html

[katinmn]

1. He makes excellent points about the Iraqis, left to die.

An estimated 50,000 Iraqis and more than 2,500 American troops have been killed since the insurgency began in March of 2003, which by some estimates is more than the number of dead on both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict over the past 58 years of wars and intifadas.

Yet we have seen no rescue ships moving up the Euphrates for Iraqis who are dying in their streets, markets and mosques each day. French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has not leaped to Baghdad as he did Beirut. And there are no meetings of the Arab League, and no U.S. diplomacy with Egypt, Syria and Jordan directed at ending the Iraqi conflict.

In the Middle East, where is our sense of proportion? Where is our sense of perspective? Where is our sense of decency? And, finally, just how smart are we?

[Lithos]

2. Moderator Exception

I'm keeping this open for input.

Lithos
DU Moderator

[a la izquierda]

3. Thank you

:)

[RamboLiberal]

4. I just read his blog - IMHO he makes a ton of sense

especially in the amount of aid that the U.S. still provides to Israel.

While the United States provides about $2.5 billion in military and economic aid to Israel each year, U.S. aid to Lebanon amounts to no more than $40 million. This despite the fact that the per capita GDP of Israel is among the highest in the world at $24,600, nearly four times as high as Lebanon's GDP per capita of $6,200.

Lebanon's lack of wealth is matched by the Palestinians -- three out of every four Palestinians live below the poverty line. Yet the vast majority of our giving in the region flows to Israel. This kind of geopolitical inconsistency and shortsightedness has contributed to the Arab-Israeli conflict that the Western world seems content to allow to perpetuate endlessly.

Can someone explain to me why financially Israel cannot stand on its own?

[McCamy Taylor]

5. Lou Dobbs can be so smart on some issues. He gets A+ on this one.

The thing about Dobbs is he is a true red, white and blue free market economy I love democracy conservative. He really backed and believed in the invasion of Iraq and wants democracy to work there. He is very, very upset that the US is neglecting Iraq and even more upset that the US did not nurture the new democracy in Lebanon with more starter cash. Now, Bush (whom Dobbs is increasingly disenchanted with) is letting another country bomb one of the middle east's democracies, which does not sit well with Mr. Red, White and Blue. Dobbs is not one of the CNN media flunkies. He is a man of principle, and also a star at CNN, so he can do and say whatever he wants.