Sunday, August 6, 2006
Both make similar good points in a reality check to the Europeans. Olmert in an interview with a German paper [via Israellycool]:
..."Where do they get the right to preach to Israel?" Olmert said when asked about criticism from European capitals of Israeli military operations that have led to a heavy civilian toll...
..."European countries attacked Kosovo and killed ten thousand civilians. Ten thousand! And none of these countries had to suffer before that from a single rocket...
..."I'm not saying it was wrong to intervene in Kosovo. But please: Don't preach to us about the treatment of civilians."...
Benjamin Netanyahu makes a similar point in another very good video interview on Britain's Sky News.
Simply, yet brilliantly, illuminating; yet for those who choose not to see, the self-blinded, it will be but one more argument to avoid, to submit to a resolute and studied avoidance.