Nethercutt's use of the highly emotional Oklahoma City bombing, which is totally insupportable, is typical Republican cant. Under the GOP regime, GE will not be held accountable as hundreds of people and much wildlife succumb at the hands of big business. In his Tuesday piece about Sen. James Jeffords, Paul Gronke made a factual error that, as a fan of old movies, annoys me. Goodbye, Mr. Gronke. This gruesome score implies that Israel is the aggressor in the conflict and intentionally seeks to kill non-combatants.
Nothing can be further from the truth.
The Palestinian Authority instigated the current violence after having lost international support by rejecting Prime Minister Ehud Barak's sweeping concessions at Camp David last July. Israel had offered at that time to turn over nearly the entire West Bank and Gaza to the Palestinians, in addition to sharing the city of Jerusalem. Not only have mortars targeted Israeli towns, but Palestinian gunmen have set themselves up in Palestinian civilian neighborhoods to shoot at Israelis. Israel does not seek to harm non-combatants. However, as a sovereign nation, Israel has a duty to defend its citizens from attack.