As the recent conflict between Hamas and Israel unfolds, what is most interesting to me is how it is viewed by the larger world. Not to be overly dramatic, but a peaceful and prosperous nation conducting air attacks by uniformed personal vs a violent and poor non-nation launching rocket attacks by men wearing black ski masks should be viewed as a conflict between good guys and bad guys, and treated as such. I know there are underlying issues, and I am sympathetic to them, but clearly this conflict has a clear good guy and bad guy.
Unless you live in bizarro world, that opposite reality that the American left, the main-stream media, and Democrats live in. In Bizarro world, society is ruled by the Bizarro Code which states that you mus do the opposite of all normal things- you must hate beauty and love ugliness and it is a crime to make things right. Inhabitants of Bizarro world believe that our economy must crash for things to be better, and that you must appease all bad guys in the name of peace. Kind and considerate people who are curious about the world around them are the bad guys, and closed minded shouting politically correct individuals who want to control your life are the good guys- that is bizarro world.
So let's look at what bizarro world looks like in relation to the conflict between Hamas and Israel. Much of the controversy in this conflict centers around what is a 'proportionate' response by Israel for unprovoked random rocket attacks by terrorist groups operating in Hamas controlled Gaza Strip. After reading David Aaronovitch's article in the Times Online, I think I have a better idea of what bizarro world would look like here.
In bizarro world, the world of the liberals, it be best if Israel were to manufacture a thousand or so wildly inaccurate missiles and then fire them off in the general direction of Gaza City. Or one of Hama's rockets could manage to hit an Israeli nursery school at the wrong time (or the right time, depending upon how you look at it) and then the proportionality issue would be solved in one explosion. In bizarro world, Hamas is the good guy, and Israel is the bad guy- you know if you're talking to a resident of Htrae (Earth spelled backwards to those unfamiliar with Superman lore) because they'll believe this and cry about genocide or some such nonsense.
Yes, people are dying, and that is bad thing. Innocent civilians are being killed. But I wonder- how innocent are you when you support with your labor and taxes and comforting words the terrorist who is shooting random missiles at a peaceful country? Are you really 'innocent'? This debate is deep and complex, and gets to the very heart of the beast on conflict, war, and terrorism. Solving it will make the world a better place.
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