Eastern Europe and Israel

Matt continues to give Jonah Goldberg a well-deserved thrashing; Jonah should try, in the future, not to piss off those who are both smarter and better read than he. The Juan Cole experience should have been informative, but I guess he just hasn’t learned his lesson. . .

Now, for Goldberg’s “defense of Soviet occupation vs. Israeli occupation” equation to work, he would first have to find someone, anyone, who argued in favor of the Soviet occupation, that is, actually defended it and not merely accepted it as the least bad option, and against the Israeli occupation. I am not aware of any such person, or any such argument. On the other hand, you don’t have to look very far (a couple Corner posts up, in fact) to find someone who condemns the Soviet occupation and defends the Israeli occupation.