Bolton’s disregard for Lebanese casualties pales in comparison to the policies advocated by Jed Babbin, former undersecretary for defense for President George H.W. Bush. As a guest on CNN’s Paula Zahn Now on July 28, he declared, “I’m willing to kill as many people as it requires to take out Hezbollah.” How did Babbin account for the increasing support for Hezbollah in Lebanon across sectarian lines since Israel’s invasion began? He claimed the entire country was “enslaved by a sort of Stockholm Syndrome” that could only be cured by Israeli attacks. By labeling an entire population as pathological, Babbin revealed the underlying racism of the Bush administration’s Middle East policy. He also demonstrated how cruelly and consistently American officials and experts tend to blame the victim when their delusional policies prove to be an abysmal failure. ~Osamah Khalil, Antiwar.com

Of course, Jed Babbin can make his declarations in the confidence that he doesn’t have to do any of the killing.  But, boy, does he approve of killing, or what?  Note the perfect indifference to indiscriminate violence–whatever it takes to get rid of Hizbullah is fine by him.  I am reminded of a line from Babylon-5: “If a billion must die so that our empire will flourish, then so be it!”  Jed Babbin would apparently sympathise with the sentiment.  Apparently he also thinks that a way to cure someone suffering from Stockholm Syndrome is to kill or brutalise the hostage in the process, if his views about the war on Lebanon are any indication.