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Neo-neocon: Women and children first: the propaganda of compassion, at Qana and elsewhere

A fantasically well thought out piece by the great Neo-Neocon that says what I thought I was trying to say, but failed miserably to do.

Snip.

Hezbollah knows that there's nothing like dead women and children to turn public opinion against those doing the killing. And there's nothing like the Western news to fail to adequately provide and evaluate the all-important context for that killing.

Hezbollah could not--and would not--operate this way if it didn't rely on both the compassion of the West and its news cycle. Without these things, Hezbollah's actions would be suicidal. But with these things, Hezbollah's actions are effective.

Go read the whole thing.

Neo-Neocon. Smarter, better, faster than I could ever hope to be.

Posted @ July 31, 2006 05:02 PM | Current Affairs