Posted by
Always To The Right on Sunday, September 20, 2009 7:06:29 PM
. . . “So conjure the image — the Obama administration sending U.S. aircraft up to protect
Iran’s airspace and it’s nuclear installations from an attack by a
democracy that is one of America’s closest allies.” Indeed. Why is it,
I wonder, that this eminence grise of the left, whose side is forever
screeching at the right to stop warmongering and embrace diplomacy, is
suddenly ready to start blowing F-15s out of the sky over Baghdad
instead of reprimanding Israel diplomatically after the fact? That’s an
awfully curious stroke of belligerence given that (a) the IAF would be
entering Iraqi airspace to attack not the United States but one of its
chief enemies, (b) a successful attack on Iran’s facilities would at
least delay a nuclear crisis in the Gulf for a few years, and (c) the
only reason Israel hasn’t struck already is because it’s put its faith,
very stupidly, in the west’s ability to deter Iran with, ahem,
diplomacy. In an odd way, it reminds me of the DNC promising a “rain of hellfire” on critics of ObamaCare while The One’s gearing up to schmooze with the dregs of international autocracy
this week at the UN. Our side likes to bait the left by accusing them
of weakness, but they seem plenty capable of tough talk and hardline
reprisals if you’re an American conservative or Israeli Zionist. Funny,
that.