The Continuing Education of Juan (VIDEO)

July 23, 2006 Israel, Video View Comments

Well, well, well… I thought Headmaster Hume had schooled Juan enough, but apparently Juan came back for more. This time, Headmistress Laura helps to continue the education of Juan. Will Juan ever graduate? Will he ever learn that kids never win when playing with adults? Will Juan get picked on more when people find out he got his butt kicked by a girl? Who knows. But watching it is just sheer delight.

Juan Williams appeared with Laura on Friday’s edition of the Factor, and the subject was the Israeli war with Hezbollah. You’d have thought Juan would have learned his lessons before with Brit, and maybe he thought taking on “only” a talk-radio hostess, he could win. But alas… reality took hold. It starts out cordial enough, but just ramps up.

Laura: Is it too little too late from Condoleeza Rice, is that what youâ€™re saying?

Juan: I think itâ€™s too little, and I think itâ€™s evidence of passivity. I mean itâ€™s just weak, you know, people are throwing bombs over there, people are dying. I mean the pictures are just sadness. Lebanon is just being torn to shreds, and the U.S., somehow â€¦

Laura: â€¦and why is it being torn to shreds?

Juan: Itâ€™s being torn to shreds because of Israeli bombs at this moment, and because the terrorists, Hezbollah, started this.

Laura: So, are you blaming Israel for this? This whole situation in the Middle East? I donâ€™t think even the Arab League is even doing that.

Juan: Iâ€™m not blaming them; I donâ€™t know why you would say that. What I am saying is that the United States, as the worldâ€™s Super Power, has a responsibility here not to simply stand by, you know, as if itâ€™s some Super Power thatâ€™s distracted, maybe pre-occupied. Instead, get involved and start saving lives.

Laura: Hereâ€™s my question to you: If Hezbollahâ€™s strength is seriously degraded, is that good for America and our security interests, or bad for America and our security interests?

Juan: Itâ€™s TERIFFIC for American security interests.

Laura: So, why on earth, Juan, would we tell Israel to stop, cease fire, because a cease-fire applies to whom? It really applies to Israel. It doesnâ€™t apply to Hezbollah, theyâ€™re not listening to anybody.

Juan: What is going on in your head? Where are you? Have you noticed lately how many people who are dying? Both on the Israeli and the Lebanese sides.

Laura: War is hell, Juanâ€¦ war is hell.

Juan: War is hell? Well let me tell you something. If it is your family, if itâ€™s someone you cared about, if you wereâ€¦

Laura: Israel is unified behind their response, Juan. Did you see what Israelâ€™s people are saying? They have never been as united as they been now since the Yom Kippur war.

Laura tries to cool things down, and wants to know what Juan would do if he were a decision-maker; specifically, what would he do if he were an advisor to President Bush?

Laura: Juan Williams advising President Bush â€“ go:

Juan: Immediately begin diplomatic effortsâ€¦ start talkingâ€¦ startâ€¦

Laura: What does that mean?

Juan: â€¦start talking to the Arab states about them getting involved in Lebanon, and having them put the blanket on Hezbollah.

Did he just say that?

Laura: Itâ€™s called the U.N. temporary peace-keeping force that has been there and done nothing. I mean, is the U.N. a savior here? Has the U.N. done anything?

Juan: No, the U.N. hasnâ€™t been able to do it. The Lebanese army is too weak to do it.

Laura: So, Egypt is going to do it for us?

Juan: No, well, you know what, you can have a groupâ€¦

Laura: Israel is the only place, the only country that can clean this out, Juan. Who else is going to clean out Hezbollah?

Juan: You know what Israel can do? Israel can do exactly what youâ€™re seeing being done; bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb. Itâ€™s not going to get rid of Hezbollah; itâ€™s just going to, in fact, create more terrorists and possibly even reverberate here in this country by creating more terrorists who would come here to roost here in the U.S.!

The “Impact segment?” The only impact was Juan’s gray matter sloshing around in his near-empty skull. This was a total KO by Laura.

Watch the love-fest here.

Cross-posted over at Expose the Left.