Of concern

A few things.

I'm late on this, but let's keep an eye on it, shall we?

The Simon Wiesenthal Center rebuked remarks made by director Oliver Stone during a press conference for his new history documentary. Stone said, "Hitler is an easy scapegoat throughout history and it's been used cheaply. He's the product of a series of actions. It's cause and effect."

The director is using the series to expose what he calls lies and biases behind the conventional interpretation of American history and that would include reexamining WWII history and putting Hitler "into context."

Greg Gutfeld manages to put a good sardonic spin on this story.  It's rife with well deserved snark.

David Frum has been in Venezuela, blogging up a storm.  This is just scary.  Scarier than usual.

I picked an exciting week to visit Venezuela. The night before my arrival, the regime seized the country's largest shopping mall. The day after, Israeli authorities disclosed that a recently intercepted shipment of missiles to Hezbollah had originated in Venezuela.

These two dissimilar events are importantly related. The seized mall belonged to one of Venezuela's wealthiest Jewish families. Following an armed attack on the country's most visible synagogue in January 2009, the seizure sent a strong message: None of you are safe.

The Chavez regime's turn toward harshly anti-Jewish policies is part of an ominous self-radicalization.

There's too much in this to excerpt meaningfully.  Please read it all.

Meanwhile, the new tape from UBL (or whoever is playing him on audio), blames Israel for the (failed) Christmas bomb attack and threatens more of the same if the U.S. doesn't cut off support for Israel.  The State Department says he's just "trying to continue to appear relevant."  David Axelrod says it's just "the same hollow justification for the slaughter of innocent people."  That may be.  But still ...

There's a theme here.  It's not good.  Not good at all.