

Ehud Barak on Charlie Rose Tuesday night

Check out the video of Israel Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Charlie Rose Tuesday night. At 20:00 or so, he says that he has ordered a missile attack on Gaza because of an attack on Israel:

“Today a few hours ago, there was some Hamas… probably a crazy guy, he’s a Hamas guy… he shot at Israel [perhaps this attack] and we now, probably when we are talking, I ordered some attacks on some installations of Hamas.”

As he mentions his orders, Barak checks his watch. It looks like a steel and gold Rolex. Countless human rights reports have suggested that Barak is a war criminal for leading the attack on Gaza in 2008-2009. Isn’t this an unseemly performance for American television?

And considering how many times in the past the IDF’s operations against *terrorist* infrastructure have resulted in civilian casualties (like the injuries to the French consul and his family in Gaza last Sunday), maybe Barak should have postponed his appearance on Rose to monitor those attacks. Or not. Perhaps his nonchalance about mentioning them extends to his feelings about their consequences.