Posted by Steven Zak

I challenged Hugh Hewitt and others for their stance re Mel Gibson ...

http://www.jewishpress.com/page.do/19240/Gibson_Syndrome_--_%3Ci%3EFriends_of_Israel_Go_Wobbly%3C%2Fi%3E.html  

... and for trivializing or otherwise deflecting criticism of Gibson after his rant re Jews. I recognized Hewitt and the others (Prager and Medved) as the champions of Israel and of Jews that they most certainly are, but argued that they were misguided in feeling at all defensive on behalf of Gibson, if for no other reason than that, far from the conservative some take him to be, Gibson is an avowed admirer of Michael Moore and shares the latter's anti-war view.

Yesterday I read a report at NewsMax, citing the Hollywood Reporter, that Gibson, in an interview re his forthcoming film about Mayan civilization on the brink of collapse, compared said civilization to America. "The precursors to a civilization that's going under are the same, time and time again," said Gibson. "What's human sacrifice if not sending guys off to Iraq for no reason?"

What does Gibson have to do or say to get conservatives to back away from him completely and without reservation -- appear with Cindy Sheehan chanting "Bush lied, people died, and the Jews -- who are behind all wars everywhere -- made him do it"?