Thursday, October 26, 2006

Jihad on women; Pipes on victory; Israeli wars as prelude

Muslim leader blames women for sex attacks - Richard Kerbaj

Sheik Hilali said: “If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside on the street, or in the garden or in the park, or in the backyard without a cover, and the cats come and eat it … whose fault is it, the cats or the uncovered meat?
“The uncovered meat is the problem.”


The sheik then said: “If she was in her room, in her home, in her hijab [headcovering], no problem would have occurred.”

[The Australian]


Should Israel invade Gaza? -Daniel Pipes

[T]wo schools of thought exist vis-a-vis Israel and the Palestinians: the majority opinion holds that Palestinians will accept Israel only when their political, economic, and other aspirations are satisfied.

The minority one - mine - holds that they will accept Israel only when their will to make war has been crushed. Existing anarchy has started this process but it will be more expeditiously achieved when Israelis themselves can administer the defeat.
[The Jerusalem Post]


Lessons of the War in Lebanon - Mark Helprin
The preeminent lesson is that Israel must create more of a margin of safety in its military operations. It has no alternative but to over-spend, over-prepare, over-fortify, over-stockpile, and over-train. History will see that the essence of this war is that it has served as an exchange of messages in the prelude to an Islamic nuclear confrontation with the West.
(Claremont Review of Books)

1 comment:

LHwrites said...

While any rational, thinking, modern human being will find the Sheik's viewpoint ridiculous. It is hard to argue with his likening the attackers more to animals than human beings. That probably isn't the spirit of what he said, but it is probably accurate.
It is becoming harder to make a case for peace when reasonably prosperous countries like Iran seem set against Israel's right to exist. Nevertheless, we have yet to see what a unified world body can do to enforce inalienable legitimacy on all sides. Someday, when the great nations of the world can put aside petty differences and temporary economic interests for the greater good, we might actually accomplish some positive and earth shaking things.
But surely, if the recent activities in Lebanon have taught us anything, when you do engage in battle with terrorists, anything short of total victory is a defeat. So do you go for a knockout, or do you seek out diplomatic and unified solutions. Time will tell what is sought, and also, what is accomplished.