Sadly No! is one of the greatest blogs out there. So it surprised me to see that the Esteemed Gavin seems a bit behind:
What I’m trying to understand — and help me out here if I’m missing something — is that Wurzelbacher doesn’t seem to be totally on top of the fact that the US and Israeli military are different things, because Israel and the US are actually not the same country…
To a Republican, be it the genus Wolfowitz, or the sub-species Wurzelbacher, U.S. Foreign policy is set in Jerusalem, not Foggy Bottom.
Jeffrey Goldberg's op-ed in today's NYTimes finally comes to a reasonable conclusion even though most of the arguments he made to reach it are unsupportable - still, the most reality-based sentence is:
As the Gaza war moves to a cease-fire, a crucial question will inevitably arise, as it has before: Should Israel (and by extension, the United States) try to engage Hamas in a substantive and sustained manner?
Emphasis added - although probably not required.
Articles in recent days have argued whether or not Olmert's bragging of his power to issue instructions to our Secretary of State was a smart P.R. move - not whether he in fact excercised this power.
Dear Gavin, Sorry, but you did miss something.
(H/T memeorandum)
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