MIDDLE EAST: Some still have a modicum of common sense and I rejoice when I find one!

The Brussels Journal again makes good sense and sees issues clearly in my opinion. Here are two money quotes for you, then go read it for yourself.

The writer, Joshua Trevino, offers his insights on the "European reaction" to Israel's war against Hezbollah ...

The European reaction is instructive for several reasons:

First, because it is indicative of the extent to which nationalism and national feeling has declined - there is simply little understanding of why a state would seek so dramatically to protect its own.

Second, because it illustrates the European mindset on Islamism - that it is indestructible, and by implication, that its agents cannot be repelled or thwarted.

Third, because it lets us know, again, that the Europeans do not see Israel as one of its own - even though, in the cultural and historical sense, it is - and that they blame Israel in a manner reminiscent of those who would blame a provocatively-dressed woman for her rape.

Following that prescient observation, Trevino expands his three "prejudices" and then ends at his zenith.

The Israeli war on Hezbollah will continue, as well it should.

In a sane world, there would no longer be any reason for civilized societies to endure the mere existence of Islamist organizations like it, like Hamas - or like the Mahdi Army in Iraq. But this is not a sane world.

And so, when plainly evil entities are subjected to crushing blows and punishing assaults, and when those under threat from those entities complain about it, those prosecuting the war should take note - and redouble their efforts.

Here we have virtually a whole continent abdicating its common sense (read wisdom) in favor of convenience and popular opinion.

My prayer is that little Israel will suck it up and go beat the hell out of the neighborhood bully!

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Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, Nationalism, War, Wisdom