Moralisk klarsyn efterlyses

Jag upprepar Victor Davis Hansons ord i förra inlägget:

Yes, perhaps Israel should have hit more quickly, harder, and on the ground; yes, it has run an inept public relations campaign; yes, to these criticisms and more. But what is lost sight of is the central moral issue of our times: a humane democracy mired in an asymmetrical war is trying to protect itself against terrorists from the 7th century, while under the scrutiny of a corrupt world that needs oil, is largely anti-Semitic and deathly afraid of Islamic terrorists, and finds psychic enjoyment in seeing successful Western societies under duress.

Det är inte så att det nödvändigtvis saknas intelligens hos dem som gillar att kritisera Israel (som exempelvis Göran Rosenberg i denna tirad), det saknas moralisk klarsyn.