Friday, February 1, 2008
CIRCUS ISRAEL GUEST EDITORIAL
By Gen. Uzi Orluzi (Res.)
The Winograd Committee completely missed the point. There’s no one to blame for the failure of Lebanon II, because there was no failure. Circus Israel fought a war. That’s what we do. We fight with Arabs. It’s our collective identity. There’s no failure when we fight with Arabs. For us, war is its own victory. It focuses us and relieves our anxieties. It’s energizing. It’s tough-Jew.
Look, where did we get this hubris about zero casualties? This fantasy of the perfectly executed war? Do we think we’re the New England Patriots? Circus Israel doesn’t need perfection to deter the neighbors. We killed more than a thousand Lebanese, and most of them had nothing to do with the border skirmish that became our pretext. That’s deterrent. That’s why no nation has challenged Circus Israel in 35 years. We’re psycho.
Israeli casualties? Absolutely necessary. Anyone can wage war without losses. But when we lose some boys, and keep on picking fights, we prove something. We love to rumble, and rumble to love.
Most of us know a guy like Circus Israel. Self-absorbed. Infallible. Hyper-sensitive. Volcanic. Something sets him off, the whole place gets trashed. Who wants to fight with this guy? Who wants to be in the same room? It’s not worth it. That’s deterrent. Hey, we sunk the Liberty – and that was an ally.
Remember what Nasrallah said. He just wanted a couple bargaining chips. If he’d known Circus Israel would go berserk over it, he wouldn’t have done it. Well, he should’ve known. We were due for a brawl. Overdue. Don’t kid yourself, Judge Winograd. Lebanon II was a smash. Put that in your report.
By Gen. Uzi Orluzi (Res.)
The Winograd Committee completely missed the point. There’s no one to blame for the failure of Lebanon II, because there was no failure. Circus Israel fought a war. That’s what we do. We fight with Arabs. It’s our collective identity. There’s no failure when we fight with Arabs. For us, war is its own victory. It focuses us and relieves our anxieties. It’s energizing. It’s tough-Jew.
Look, where did we get this hubris about zero casualties? This fantasy of the perfectly executed war? Do we think we’re the New England Patriots? Circus Israel doesn’t need perfection to deter the neighbors. We killed more than a thousand Lebanese, and most of them had nothing to do with the border skirmish that became our pretext. That’s deterrent. That’s why no nation has challenged Circus Israel in 35 years. We’re psycho.
Israeli casualties? Absolutely necessary. Anyone can wage war without losses. But when we lose some boys, and keep on picking fights, we prove something. We love to rumble, and rumble to love.
Most of us know a guy like Circus Israel. Self-absorbed. Infallible. Hyper-sensitive. Volcanic. Something sets him off, the whole place gets trashed. Who wants to fight with this guy? Who wants to be in the same room? It’s not worth it. That’s deterrent. Hey, we sunk the Liberty – and that was an ally.
Remember what Nasrallah said. He just wanted a couple bargaining chips. If he’d known Circus Israel would go berserk over it, he wouldn’t have done it. Well, he should’ve known. We were due for a brawl. Overdue. Don’t kid yourself, Judge Winograd. Lebanon II was a smash. Put that in your report.
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