Hamas to world: Goldstone report exonerates us. You know, you really can’t fault their logic. The commission went out of its way not to name Hamas. So when Hamas says that’s proof that they committed no war crimes—even firing the rockets that started the war—well, hey. You only have the Goldstone Commission to blame. Plus the UN. Plus the EU. Oh, hell, there’s lots of blame to go around, except, seemingly, on the group that was actually responsible for the Gaza war.
Switzerland’s Islamaphobe! Switzerland’s Islamaphobe! Actually, there is no such thing as Islamophobia. That would mean “Fear of Islam.” What they really should be is jihadaphobes, which would be anyone in his right mind. Anyway, Anne Applebaum joins the “Let’s excuse the bigotry in outlawing minarets” crowd. Eh. I’m thinking that outlawing minarets isn’t going to do squat about jihadis in our midst.
Senate removes the public option—or does it? Can you say, “Trojan horse“? I knew you could. Because when a plan is implemented with an out (“If private firms were unable to deliver acceptable national policies, a government plan would be created.”)—well, then the public option is not gone. It’s just hidden. If this thing passes, of course the private plans would be found unacceptable. No deal.
What? The U.S. backs Israel on Jerusalem negotiations? Seriously? I mean, seriously? The U.S. is telling the EU that Jerusalem is a final-status issue? Seriously? I mean, seriously? Shyeah. Give Obama a day or so to get an earful from the Palestinians and the Arabs. He’ll cave.
Actually, that depends on the definition of “Final Status Negotiations” Based on the way Obama has been acting, what he means is that the “negotiations” will be predetermined to come out the way he wants anyway and Israel would probably be forced to give up Jerusalem, while Obama can pretend that he had nothing to do with it.
Spot on, and worth repeating.