Pundit Round Up
From the DailyKos -
Jimmy Carter believes that the “devastating invasion of Gaza by Israel could easily have been avoided.”
Nicholas Kristof described the Boomerang Syndrome:
Arab terrorism built support for right-wing Israeli politicians, who took harsh actions against Palestinians, who responded with more terrorism, and so on. Extremists on each side sustain the other, and the excessive Israeli ground assault in Gaza is likely to create more terrorists in the long run.
If this pattern continues, we may eventually see Hamas-style Palestinians facing off against hard-line Israelis, with each side making the others’ lives wretched — and political moderates in the Middle East politically eviscerated.
Rosa Brooks explains the stupidity styles of all the players in the current conflict in Gaza.
Hesham Hassaballa, searching for the middle ground, says:
It is possible to be pro-Palestine, pro-Israel and pro-peace all at the same time…
David Broder is feeling the love for Rep. Walt Minnick, because he’s all about the bipartisanship.
David Limbaugh, giving his .02 on Barack Obama’s stimulus package, warns Republicans “that when you polish manure, you still have manure.” Let’s take his word on that.
Ishmael Jones lauds the choice of Leon Panetta to head the CIA because of his unquestionable loyalty to Barack Obama. After all, George Bush didn’t replace a Clinton administration holdover and look at what happened.
Americans may disagree on the reasons for our lack of preparedness prior to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and our response to those attacks … but we should agree that much of the intelligence provided to President Bush by the CIA was false or nonexistent.
Americans may disagree on whether Mr. Bush’s associates should have been charged over the Valerie Plame affair … but we should agree that the CIA and its employees certainly had an uncanny knack for being intimately involved in the crises that threatened the Bush presidency.
Karl Rove, concerned about “mythmaking” now that George Bush is finally riding off into the sunset, explains why the housing and overall economic crisis is all the Democrats fault. [Is is possible for Karl Rove to move his mouth without lying? -ecthompson]
Richard Viguerie says that small-government conservatives must fight for a return to their core beliefs…and then “future generations will celebrate us as those who fought for freedom…” O-kay.
Betsy McCaughey tells you why you never want to sit by a doctor or a nurse in a restaurant.
