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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:00 AM

What "Waltz With Bashir" can teach us about Gaza

The stunning new Israeli film reveals painful parallels between one of Israel's darkest moments and the current conflict.
By Gary Kamiya

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  • Tuesday, January 13, 2009 08:48 AM

    a little joke

    Time for a tasteless (yet pointed) joke inspired by George W. Bush, his neocon masters, and the unsavory situation in Gaza (where about 1/3 of the dead, more than 300, are kids):

    - What do you call killing a lotta children to prevent terror?

    - One seriously preemptive strike.

    I could follow this up by recalling a certain story from the Gospels, one also involving a bunch of dead children, and its long-term aftermath, but I shall refrain from it lest I be called a fascist (or such) for bringing up the Bible.

    —kreoth Read kreoth's other letters

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