My Brother's Response to the NYTimes
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 17:56:10 -0400
To:
Conversation: U.N. Chief Calls for Cease-Fire
Subject: Re: U.N. Chief Calls for Cease-Fire
To Whom It May Concern:
I recently read your July 20th article by Warren Hoge entitled: “U.N. Chief Calls for Cease-Fire.” In detailing the U.N. Chief’s comments, Mr. Hoge made excessive mention of the “excessive” force used by Israel to destroy the terrorist threat that is Hezbollah. However, there was absolutely no mention of the 1000+ missiles that Hezbollah has been firing at Israel since July 12th or the fact that life in the North of Israel has come to a complete stand-still. This imbalanced reporting in the Middle East Conflict is exactly why I cancelled my subscription to the NY Times and will no longer read your online version either.
Regards,
Justin Kalifowitz
New York, NY
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Note: I normally like to provide links within posts on my blog, especially to referenced sources... but in this case I won't support/promote the NYTimes in that way.
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Israel Defending itself
I have one question maybe someone can answer. After 9/11, America went (with the full support of the world - both ideologically and militarily) to Afghanistan, and blew the shit out of that country. Note the US traveled half way around the world to do this - it was that high of a threat.
The logic was that Afghanistan had been hijacked by the Taliban, and that since the country couldn't do anything about the Taliban, the US and several other countries had to go in and take care of the problem.
Would civilians die? Yes. Would infrastructure be torn apart? Yes. Did anyone seem to care? Not really.
So, as for my question. With noting the facts above... How is the situation Israel is confronting now ANY DIFFERENT? Other than Hezbollah is still lobing bombs 9 days in a row, and is sitting on Israel's border, a few hundred feet away, not half a world away?
I've certainly developed more "left-leaning" ideas in the past few years... but in this case, where Israel was attacked for no reason other than what every "Arab Expert" is saying on TV "for their crimes committed since 1948"... what's going on now is outrageous.
It really makes me sick to see the news media give so much air time trying to dissect the questions of "is Israel responding too hard?" and "when will Israel stop?" and "will there be a ceasefire?"
These are totally inappropriate questions to be asking as long as Hezbollah continues to lob bombs, retain Israeli hostages, and be the instigator. Just as in Afghanistan, if Lebanon is unable to contain and control Hezbollah, they have no right to ask Israel to stop defending itself. Lebanon may not be directly responsible for Hezbolla's actions - mainly because they're not strong enough to combat Hezbollah - but they will suffer the consequences of harboring a terrorist entity.
Maybe if the UN, the EU, and the news media at large would focus on sending in their own forces to help Israel dismantle Hezbollah (as they did in the wake of 9/11), the fighting would stop, and Iran would get the same message the Saudis did - support terrorists and you'll feel the wrath of the world.
Labels: Human_Rights, Israel, ridiculous, war
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Vacation Thoughts
I'm trying to be a little less long-winded. To that end, here is an exchange from yesterday with a good friend from work, which I think succinctly describes the vacation I just got back from. Enjoy:
-----Original Message-----
From:
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 8:24 AM
To: Kalifowitz, Steven
Subject:
Look who's back. How was the trip?
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Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld
-----Original Message-----
From: Kalifowitz, Steven
To:
Sent: Mon Jul 10 08:25:16 2006
Subject:
Remarkable, fun, exciting, therapeutic, nostalgic, emotional, classic. I brought back lot's of great photos and even better memories.
-----Original Message-----
From:
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 8:26 AM
To: Kalifowitz, Steven
Subject:
That sums it up nicely. Translates lots of friends, family, booze, sun, and ladies
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Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld
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