Baer, in scarcely contained self-righteousness, urges us to "recall that they were snatched!" Save that patronizing piffle for someone who fell off the turnip truck last night will ya?To hear the Israel Lobby propagandists, like Bare, you'd think that the hostage takings were some sort of outrageous act of war.

Former IDF Special Ops guy on CNN: "Oh  this has been going on for centuries in the Middle East. It is nothing like kidnapping in the west. Rather, the taking and exchange of hostages is common. Nothing unusal about it at all."

Oh Truth Oh Sweet Balm of Gil[e]ad

According to the Jerusalem Post, the captured soldier's father, Noam Shalit, criticized the government for its response, saying that "it was 'delusional' that the state of Israel would attempt to reestablish its deterrence at the expense of his son."

Via TomDispatch