July 31, 2006

Web Reconnaissance for 07/31/2006

A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention.

Patterico writes L.A. Times Editors: ‘We Just Can’t Solve the Mystery of Why that Muslim Guy Shot All Those Jews’ “What was the motive of the guy who shot up the Jewish Center in Seattle? L.A. Times editor Dean Baquet says: You got me! Yes, if you ask the editors of the Los Angeles Times, it’s an utter mystery why the shootings occurred. At least, if you look at Page One:” (read more)

Jay Tea writes The fate of hostages “With the deaths of over 50 Lebanese being attributed to an Israeli air strike, the whole issue of hostages and the lives of the innocent in times of war has come to the forefront. I'm not going to go into the particulars of that incident, as they are still emerging, but it is a good opportunity to discuss the ethics of such situations.” (read more)

Quid Nimis writes Firing the UN “OK, sometimes you just need to pull the trigger, metaphorically speaking. You have someone on the payroll, they aren't performing, it's just not working out. As we like to say, it isn't a good fit. So, I ask: what is the U.N. doing in South Lebanon lo these many years? They are "observers," or they are "peacekeepers." or something.” (read more)

Homefront6 writes Sadness and honor “I have always known that military spouses are strong people. But I've not had the opportunity to witness their strength up close and personal until now. MacGyver left recently for Iraq. And while we sat at the send off, I was able to sit and admire the strength of these (mostly) women and families. Yes there were some husbands there too and they held up well too. But the overwhelming majority of spouses in our unit are women and to watch them today as they said goodbye to their soldiers was incredible.” (read more)

Pamela aka Atlas Shrugs writes The Eagle Has Landed in Israel “Just got to the hotel...............security insane (maybe because I am staying in Condi's hotel?) I stopped at Mini-Israel on my way in the Jerusalem. It is striking to me the respect and attention the Israelis paid to replicating in exact detail the mosques and the Muslims in prayer in these displays at Mini Israel. The Israelis duplicatd more mosques that temples. Oh, if the respect was mutual, what a wonderful world it would be.” (read more)

Omar at Iraq the Model writes Why not Syria? “We are getting used to the appalling nonsense we hear from the leaders of al-Qaeda every now and then but we still do listen to their hateful speeches in order to understand more about how those criminals think and to know more about their intentions and plans, so while these audio or video statements they keep sending through al-Jazeera can add nothing to help al-Qaeda, they can be a source for free information to us…” (read more)

Michelle Malkin writes When do terrorists warn civilians? “See this: It's a warning leaflet distributed by Israeli Defense Forces for the safety of Lebanese civilians--warning them to evacuate their cities and villages so that Hezbollah will not use them as human shields. Now, someone show me the warning leaflets Hezbollah dropped on all the cities in Israel it has lobbed missiles and rockets at, okay?” (read more)

John Hawkins of Right Wing News writes A Few Miscellaneous Thoughts About Israel, Hezbollah, And The Palestinians “There's a lot of talk about what Israel is trying to accomplish with these attacks on Lebanon. My original assumption was that they simply wanted to kill Hezbollah fighters, destroy and degrade their infrastructure, and punish the civilians in Lebanon that are supporting them. That's a worthy mission and one that Israel has been accomplishing.” (read more)

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