I haven’t been watching Meet the Press much lately. I tuned in this morning to see how David Gregory is handling his new job. He had a round table at the end to discuss the situation in Gaza. What struck me was less what any of the guests had to say than the collective failure of imagination they displayed. They seem to understand that the invasion of Gaza is unhelpful to U.S. interests and they seem to agree that it will not end well for Israel. But they just can’t bring themselves to broach what those facts mean.
A more appropriate response would be to pound the table and ask ‘what the hell are they doing?” And it should occur to at least one Villager that by allowing the United States to become completely isolated on this invasion the administration and all our political leaders are increasing our security risks. If you make people want to kill you, sometimes they will kill you.
