Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Israel Sucks at Ads, Part II

Just another case of missing the point here. I get that it's fun to revel in your enemy's death, but wouldn't the recent Mossad hit on a mid-level Hamas member be something you want to keep to yourself? Man, I could have killed Mahmoud al-Mabhoub better than the Mossad killed him, because I know what a video camera is and I would have dressed like a real person instead of a yuppie grotesque from a Ralph Steadman drawing. Watching the video camera footage from the hotel is like watching a cartoon.

An actress in the ad said she found the hit "inspiring." Is any bloodletting at all, no matter how poorly executed, enough to get Israelis hard at this point? The Gaza massacre, the Dubai hit- what's next, feeding coins to seals at the zoo? Even Americans only like their bloodshed when it's well done; they liked the initial invasion of Iraq and the hanging of Saddam that went off without a hitch, but they don't like the counter-insurgency bits in Iraq and Afghanistan. Are the Israelis starting to enjoy things they're bad at, which is starting to even include Mossad operations? This speaks to great tension- the feeling of the walls closing in- and the desperation to relieve that tension by whatever option is available.

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