Mr. Goldberg,
Your shock about the abuses at Abu Ghraib comes as a great relief after noting your glib observation that evil didn't "find its way to power" at Ketziot (a tortured turn of phrase, to be sure-are you hiding something from us?) offered with the small caveat:"certainly not in the comprehensive manner it did in Military Intelligence wing at Abu Ghraib."

The following was also revealing, though perhaps not in a way it was intended to be:

"There was also a fair amount of violence in the prison, in part because this was the Middle East and in part because we were understaffed."

Constructive ambiguity fools us every time...
Best,
IDF

Posted at June 24, 2008 3:00 PM in response to How Ketziot Never Could Have Prepared Me for Abu Ghraib

Under David Remnick the New Yorker has become neo-con lite.

Why bother with it anymore?

Posted at June 19, 2008 10:03 AM in response to The Conservatives' Conundrum -- and Ours

The headline of the Independent article Rosenberg links to is as follows:

Our reign of terror, by the Israeli army

In shocking testimonies that reveal abductions, beatings and torture, Israeli soldiers confess the horror they have visited on Hebron

We have had attempts to change the topic.

Then a claim that the accusations are fabrications.

But no attempt made to address the substance of the article.

Posted at April 20, 2008 10:37 AM in response to Page One in Britain: Israeli Soldiers Describe Shame At Abusing Palestinian Kids

BornAgainDarwinian, TNathan, Bruno2: instead of changing the topic why not address the Independent article that Rosenberg writes about.

Is it inaccurate? If so, how? If not, do you approve of the type actions described in it.

The hasbara tactics are tiresome.

Posted at April 20, 2008 9:05 AM in response to Page One in Britain: Israeli Soldiers Describe Shame At Abusing Palestinian Kids