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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
In an effort to repair what Penske broke, a few thoughts from John Quiggin:
[list]The terrible war in Lebanon has been discussed from all sorts of ethical and legal perspectives, but the simplest way of judging war is to look at its consequences.
After weeks of bloodshed, with the vast majority of victims being ordinary people (mostly in Lebanon thanks to the use of airstrikes as a weapon of terror, but with many killed and wounded in Israel as well) whose only crime was to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, it’s hard to believe that anyone could claim that any good consequences are going to come out of this for the people of either Israel ....
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I lose this rationale there. A lot of these people, as sad as it may be, are not at the wrong place at the wrong time. They are not innocent. Anymore than the mass of Germans who supported Hitler into office and during the 30s were innocent. The mass of citizenry in Lebanon and Syria and a good portion of the ME, hate the Jews, Hate Israel and support its destruction, in word or deed. they let their countries be used as harbors for terrorists and launching pads for the military apparatus that is intended to bring israel's destruction. they give aid and support to the terrorists. allow them to intermingle in their population so that they can have the "innocent citizen" shields.
assumption of the risk, you reap what you sow etc.
If Israel has the nuts to prosecute this thing as need be, it will be the winner and more secure.
Go Israel!
