tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post5369889732096816701..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: Greenwald vs. GoldfarbRobert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-87942777657070583512009-01-04T13:25:00.000-05:002009-01-04T13:25:00.000-05:00The calculus of dealing with Islamism is different...The calculus of dealing with Islamism is different from that of any other -ism and it is confounding. To take them at their word, and they are apparently sincere, martyrdom is accounted as great an objective as actual victory. This makes deterrence difficult, and in the ideal Islamist impossible. We know from human nature and prior Islamist example that completely ineffectual martyrdom will usually be rejected. We've seen this in Iraq and Afghanistan, when recruits found that their trucks were being blown up before they even had a chance to attack, they stopped coming.<BR/><BR/>Among the Palestinians we might have that more perfect Islamist attitude. The one that considers it good to simply be blown up without effect on the enemy. There isn't much negotiation with that. There isn't any way to deter it even. There is only the usual and traditional practice of war, kill the enemies until the rest stop fighting. In this case that may require a far higher percentage than usual. <BR/><BR/>It is sad what the Arab powers have made of their victims. Jordan, Syria, Egypt and Lebanon, all who refused to admit the Palestinians and instead of giving them a home kept them locked in the refugee camps fed on a diet of hatred and insanity should cry for shame at how they've corrupted their fellow man. Instead they'll blame Jews and more will die.Ronsonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03084095209525920755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-69531190151852730272009-01-04T11:17:00.000-05:002009-01-04T11:17:00.000-05:00I heard that the Israelis, lamentable liberals tha...I heard that the Israelis, lamentable liberals that they are, sent multiple cell-phone messages to members of the sheikh's family telling them that the house was to be hit very soon, because there were rockets in it and because the sheikh was a terrorist. Apparently this warning gave the sheikh the opportunity to gather all four wives and ten children to join him in being blown to bits. What a man!Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747859029040319691noreply@blogger.com