Quote of the Day 6.5.10

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Those Troublesome Jews. “The whole point of this relentless international campaign is to deprive Israel of any legitimate form of self-defense. . . . The world is tired of these troublesome Jews, 6 million — that number again — hard by the Mediterranean, refusing every invitation to national suicide. For which they are relentlessly demonized, ghettoized and constrained from defending themselves, even as the more committed anti-Zionists — Iranian in particular — openly prepare a more final solution.” I think if I were Israel, I’d build a Doomsday Machine. It’s the only way to make the rest of the world anxious for Israel’s survival, instead of its destruction. . . .
Instapundit.

As Helen Thomas has shown, the press is as anti-Semitic as the NAZIs were. The fact that several other aid ships from Turkey allowed the Israelis to search them, and then the aid was transferred to Gaza - that is not what is important to the press, or apparently to the Turks. What is important is that the barricade be run with bloodshed and martyrdom, so that unmonitored shipments can be made to the Palestinian terrorists.

I do disagree with Glenn Reynolds (Instapundit). A doomsday machine only works if the other side does not wish to die for martyrdom. Obliterating the opposing force along with yourself is not the correct option. For survival, a massive defense machine needs to be operable, and part of defense is a good offense when it is necessary. Eliminating the weapons of the opposition is always a rational approach.

Never forget that the Hamas governing charter quotes the Muslim principle that Muslims will ultimately kill all Jews. Read the charter. Then ask what you would do if you were born a Jew.