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July 19, 2006

Once again Democrat's moral backbone is AWOL

The WaPo is reporting that Congress Is Giving Israel Vote of Confidence. But the real story is in the subtitle: Both Parties Back Ally, Court Jewish Support. This is more about politics than anything else and I find that reality to be morally repugnant, real politik though it may be.

Surprising as it may seem Pat Buchanan is a rare voice of reason in American politics right now.

While Democrats stumble over themselves checking that their rhetoric is blowing the same direction as the prevailing winds, morality and ethics be damned, Buchanan calls a spade a spade and doesn't come across as a pacifistic wimp while doing it.

Let it be said: Israel has a right to defend herself, a right to counter-attack against Hezbollah and Hamas, a right to clean out bases from which Katyusha or Qassam rockets are being fired and a right to occupy land from which attacks are mounted on her people.

But what Israel is doing is imposing deliberate suffering on civilians, collective punishment on innocent people, to force them to do something they are powerless to do: disarm the gunmen among them. Such a policy violates international law and comports neither with our values nor our interests. It is un-American and un-Christian. (emphasis supplied)

The Democrats... or should I say Republocrats, according to the WaPo piece?

Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are rushing to offer unalloyed support for Israel's offensive against Hezbollah fighters, reflecting a bipartisan desire to not only defend a key U.S. ally but also solidify long-term backing of Jewish voters and political donors in the United States, according to officials and strategists in both parties. (emphasis supplied)

How many more times do we have to hear Dems later struggle to explain away having granted uncritical support for wars of aggression which only make things worse? I mean with Republicans... it's what they do. It's what they're about. But what kind of "choice" does the Democratic party offer voters on the moral or ethical direction this nation is headed? Are they not complicit by their own choices?

Posted by Kevin at July 19, 2006 01:28 PM