The ultimate neocon strawman. A tale of absolutism.
We are fighting the forces of evil.
Fighting the forces of evil, who gets makes the sweeping decree.
You can call us who say and reasonably so, that Israel is over reacting, to be evil as well. Who makes that call? And by what moral authority?
That you would denounce Lebanon's soveirgnty as a newly formed democracy is telling.
Hezbollah made a huge mistake in taking the soldiers. and many in Lebanon were angry about it. Israel's over reaction of flattening the newly formed democracy in the country of Lebanon with endless bombing has now changed the dialogue, and instead of the focus being on Hezbollah, they are questioning the actions of Israel and the US. I ask you, is this a good result?
Asking Lebanon to oust the militant element in Hezbollah, is like asking the Democrats to oust the Republican party. It can't be done right NOW. So your calls for the Lebanonese to rid itself of Hezbollah is in and of itself a strawman.
I would be delighted if the militant radicals of Hezbollah had not captured the soldiers. Lebanon would have been sparred this horrific destruction of it's infrastructure and carried on as a nacent democracy. I would be delighted if the militant extremists in our own country had not raped and burned a 14 year old girl and burned her family. I would be delighted if the military extremists inside the Kadima party of Israel had not bombed the airport and bridges, and had not used ambulances for target practice, in Lebanon.
Getting rid of these military extremists who see things in absolutes and hijack the good will of the rest of the peoples who are just trying to live their lives is key. Doing so politically takes patience, and is something neocons don't seem to possess.
I look forward to the day when the neoconservative ideology that is driving and thriving on the violence and death in the name of ending global tyranny, are out of power in this country.
That these neoconservatives deem themselves, the judge jury and executioner of peoples, based on their readings of German history, with their irrational conclusions that are contrary to the real truth on the ground creating calamities of huge porportions with their moral certitidues of divine punishment and their decrees against who is a tyrant and who is not, seeing the world in terms of absolutes, is frightening. I look to the day when they are out of our political system.
While neoconservatives speak out of one side of their mouth that they are trying to create stability through democracy, out of the other side of their mouths they refuse to respect the results of elections. While neoconservatives say they fear the rise of the German tyrants they are enarmoured of the methods and strategies that bring fruit to absolute power.
I look forward to the day, when through the democratic political process, the people of this country can be rid of these neoconservatives with their knee jerk reactions and broad sweeping decrees of who and who is not evil.
I fear the neocons have become what they claim to be fighting.