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OUR TIME. SERVED UP WITH ACERBIC WIT, YOU
SHOULD FIND IT QUITE SATISFYING.
Terror Mastermind Blown to Smithereens; Moral
Idiots Bemoan the Good News
If you like it when evil terrorist masterminds get what's coming
to them, yesterday was a stellar day. Imad Mughniyeh, one of
the world's most elusive and wanted terrorists, took one for the
glorious Islamist cause when he and his car were blown to
kingdom come. The only thing that could have made it better
would have been if it had happened the next day, Valentine's
Day, but you can't have everything.
In case the name Mughniyeh isn't ringing any bells, he was a
one-time Hezbollah "security chief" who was suspected of
masterminding attacks that, among other things, killed
hundreds of Americans. Those attacks include, but are not
limited to, the following:
The 1983 car bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut (63 dead,
including 17 Americans); the 1983 suicide truck bombing of the
barracks of U.S. and French peacekeeping forces in Beirut (241
Marines and 59 French paratroopers killed); the hijacking of
TWA flight 847, during which U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem
was shot and dumped on the tarmac of the Beirut (where else?)
airport; kidnappings galore, including AP Mideast
correspondent Terry Anderson, who was released in 1991 after
six years in captivity and CIA station chief William Buckley,
who was tortured and killed by his captors in 1985.
As happy as we all should be over the richly deserved death of
this monster, there is a bit of mystery surrounding it in that no
one has claimed responsibility. Was it Israel? Was it the
United States? Was it some rival terrorist faction? We may
never know.
But Hezbollah knows where to lay the blame regardless of any
possible conflicting reality and vowed to retaliate against
Israeli targets anywhere in the world. Hey, isn't that what they
work at doing anyway, seven days a week, 365 days a year? So
what's changed?
Anyway, all decent people should be thrilled that Mughniyeh is
gone. But not all people are decent, or, to be more kind, some
people are, shall we say, morally confused, as I found out while
listening to radio talk show host Michael Medved yesterday,
who was in a celebratory mood over the richly gratifying news
of Mughniyeh's extirpation.
Medved specializes in taking calls from people who disagree
with him, presumably because it makes for rousing debate
rather than just a bunch of preaching to the choir. But it gets a
bit frustrating when he takes a call from someone who is a
complete moral idiot incapable of distinguishing between good
and evil and keeps her on the line for ten minutes, causing me
to scream at the radio till I'm hoarse.
The female caller, in an infuriatingly condescending tone of
voice, chastised Medved for celebrating the death of a "human
being" and then went on with a typical leftist litany of the
crimes of the United States, which were presumably the reason
for the existence of terrorism in the first place. When asked
what should have been done about Mughniyeh, her response
was, "Leave him alone."
The next caller, another moral moron, basically reiterated
what the woman had said and I had to change the station
before I ran off the road in a state of enraged exasperation.
Almost as disturbing as the terrorists and their despicable
actions are the legions of Americans who, since the 1960s, have
been rendered incapable of rational thought and bereft of
moral clarity. It's a lead pipe cinch they're all voting for
Obama who wants to meet face-to-face with the world's
premier dictators, as well as have a summit with Muslim
countries in order to improve the United States' image, as if it's
our image that needs improving and not the other way around.
It's almost enough to make a person give up listening to talk
radio, but then if you follow what's going on at all, there's
simply no escape from the crazies. One has to be fearful for the
country and extremely apprehensive about who becomes the
next president. But for today, anyway, savor the news of
Mughniyeh's timely annihilation and look forward to the next
such act of justice and moral clarity.
Idiots Bemoan the Good News
If you like it when evil terrorist masterminds get what's coming
to them, yesterday was a stellar day. Imad Mughniyeh, one of
the world's most elusive and wanted terrorists, took one for the
glorious Islamist cause when he and his car were blown to
kingdom come. The only thing that could have made it better
would have been if it had happened the next day, Valentine's
Day, but you can't have everything.
In case the name Mughniyeh isn't ringing any bells, he was a
one-time Hezbollah "security chief" who was suspected of
masterminding attacks that, among other things, killed
hundreds of Americans. Those attacks include, but are not
limited to, the following:
The 1983 car bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut (63 dead,
including 17 Americans); the 1983 suicide truck bombing of the
barracks of U.S. and French peacekeeping forces in Beirut (241
Marines and 59 French paratroopers killed); the hijacking of
TWA flight 847, during which U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem
was shot and dumped on the tarmac of the Beirut (where else?)
airport; kidnappings galore, including AP Mideast
correspondent Terry Anderson, who was released in 1991 after
six years in captivity and CIA station chief William Buckley,
who was tortured and killed by his captors in 1985.
As happy as we all should be over the richly deserved death of
this monster, there is a bit of mystery surrounding it in that no
one has claimed responsibility. Was it Israel? Was it the
United States? Was it some rival terrorist faction? We may
never know.
But Hezbollah knows where to lay the blame regardless of any
possible conflicting reality and vowed to retaliate against
Israeli targets anywhere in the world. Hey, isn't that what they
work at doing anyway, seven days a week, 365 days a year? So
what's changed?
Anyway, all decent people should be thrilled that Mughniyeh is
gone. But not all people are decent, or, to be more kind, some
people are, shall we say, morally confused, as I found out while
listening to radio talk show host Michael Medved yesterday,
who was in a celebratory mood over the richly gratifying news
of Mughniyeh's extirpation.
Medved specializes in taking calls from people who disagree
with him, presumably because it makes for rousing debate
rather than just a bunch of preaching to the choir. But it gets a
bit frustrating when he takes a call from someone who is a
complete moral idiot incapable of distinguishing between good
and evil and keeps her on the line for ten minutes, causing me
to scream at the radio till I'm hoarse.
The female caller, in an infuriatingly condescending tone of
voice, chastised Medved for celebrating the death of a "human
being" and then went on with a typical leftist litany of the
crimes of the United States, which were presumably the reason
for the existence of terrorism in the first place. When asked
what should have been done about Mughniyeh, her response
was, "Leave him alone."
The next caller, another moral moron, basically reiterated
what the woman had said and I had to change the station
before I ran off the road in a state of enraged exasperation.
Almost as disturbing as the terrorists and their despicable
actions are the legions of Americans who, since the 1960s, have
been rendered incapable of rational thought and bereft of
moral clarity. It's a lead pipe cinch they're all voting for
Obama who wants to meet face-to-face with the world's
premier dictators, as well as have a summit with Muslim
countries in order to improve the United States' image, as if it's
our image that needs improving and not the other way around.
It's almost enough to make a person give up listening to talk
radio, but then if you follow what's going on at all, there's
simply no escape from the crazies. One has to be fearful for the
country and extremely apprehensive about who becomes the
next president. But for today, anyway, savor the news of
Mughniyeh's timely annihilation and look forward to the next
such act of justice and moral clarity.