desk warriors

by on January 15, 2009 5

Yakov writes: Greenwald is very good on the war "propagandists" Friedman and Goldberg on the Times op-ed page. But one can't help noticing that this "teach-them-a-lesson" justification
for civilian deaths in Gaza appears with some frequency among these advocates, at
least among a certain strain of super-warrior, Israel-centric Americans –
e.g.:  Marty "do
not fuck with the Jews" Peretz and Michael "to wipe out a man's entire family, it's hard to imagine that
doesn't give his colleagues at least a moment's pause" Goldfarb — who love
to cheer on Middle East wars from a safe and sheltered
distance.

About Philip Weiss

Philip Weiss is Founder and Co-Editor of Mondoweiss.net.
Posted in Beyondoweiss, Gaza, Israel/Palestine

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  1. Steve R says:
    January 15, 2009 at 1:04 am

    Phil:

    Are you insane? It's precisely you who are doing this.

  3. Richard Witty says:
    January 15, 2009 at 5:34 am

    "– who love to cheer on Middle East wars from a safe and sheltered distance. "

    This is a war cheered on by the left (in "support" of Hamas) and pro-Israelis.

  4. citizen says:
    January 15, 2009 at 10:06 am

    Gee, why would the left support Hamas?

  5. MM says:
    January 16, 2009 at 9:53 am

    This is a war cheered on by the left (in "support" of Hamas) and pro-Israelis.

    Only in your bizarro-zionist head, Witty.

    No one criticizing Israel wants to see this series of aerial massacres go on.

    You just haven't been successful getting condemnations of Hamas, so you project your own satisfaction with Israeli rhetoric ("Enough is enough") on to the other side.

    We categorically want this shit to stop. You are just too dense and concentrated on your hasbara mission to see that.

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