Genocide, The Game You Play At Home

I’ve got a question that’s been stuck in my head for a while now. Why is it that after self-induced lightweight slaughter in Palestine it’s referred to as “sporadic violence”, but a bomb in Baghdad means an intractable civil war is at hand? A quick consultation of my Funk & Wagnalls shows that they both fit the civil war descriptor pretty well. There is some strange violence-labeling algebra being applied. The tragic-comic relief of the entire episode in Palestine was when the “government” was dissolved. Guess this means all those employees Palestinian Park Service and National Archives won’t be getting their regular paychecks.

While we’re in this neighborhood I’ve got another question stuck in my brain box. Where is the Muslim engine of indignation at the slaughter that’s taken place in Palestine? Every time a Palestinian gets killed by Israeli troops in retaliation for a suicide bombing the chest thumping Arab media machine works itself into a lather. I guess they view these as noble deaths. If there is one bright side that might come out of this, it’s that to the average Palestinian, (Mohammed Six Pack, if you will) Israel seems pretty reasonable in the context of their own leadership. Why in the name of the almighty are we giving so much as a nickel in foreign aid to this place?

Ares

Update: I was feeling pretty alright about this post....until I clicked over to Michael Totten's latest. As is usually the case after I read his stuff, I'm feeling pretty small. I'll simply implore you to read his latest as I offer a hearty "Yea! What he said!" in concurrence.