One-Sided
I'm sick and tired of hearing how the Israelis are killing civilians with bombs.
Israel was attacked by Hezbollah, with Hezbollah fighters crossing the border and kidnapping two Israeli soldiers.
Israel wants their soldiers back, apparently. As a result, they're blowing the hell out of southern Lebanon.
Which brings me to another point- the land Israel is attacking isn't truly Lebanon, no more so than Texas was a part of Mexico when we annexxed it in the 1840's. For lack of a better word, I call it "Hezbollah-Land." They run the show down there, and the Lebanese government has little influence on that part of the country. If you have enough of a presence to keep out the country's military, you get to rule yourself. That's commonsense. In other words, Hezbollah-land is it's own de facto country, and all the line-drawing in the sand won't change that. So it's not really Israel v. Lebanon, it's Israel v. Hezbollah-land.
Sorry, I wandered a bit there.
Anyway, Israel is killing civilians. Guess what- Hezbollah fighters are strategically placed amongst civilians. Why, you ask? To protect themselves. So Israel has two choices- let Hezbollah continue shooting missiles at their civilians, or target the ones shooting the missiles. Who just happen to be in the midst of civilians.
Kill or be killed is one of the most primitive instincts we have.
My history teacher once posed a question to those who were anti-war. He said imagine a neighboring country is attacking you. Other than fight back, what do you do? Let them kill your women and children, burn your crops? Roll over and wait to die? Or launch airstrike after airstrike, damning the consequences, until the threat has been removed and your people are safe to live again and walk outside and play.
Israel made their choice- and I can't say that I blame them.
Israel was attacked by Hezbollah, with Hezbollah fighters crossing the border and kidnapping two Israeli soldiers.
Israel wants their soldiers back, apparently. As a result, they're blowing the hell out of southern Lebanon.
Which brings me to another point- the land Israel is attacking isn't truly Lebanon, no more so than Texas was a part of Mexico when we annexxed it in the 1840's. For lack of a better word, I call it "Hezbollah-Land." They run the show down there, and the Lebanese government has little influence on that part of the country. If you have enough of a presence to keep out the country's military, you get to rule yourself. That's commonsense. In other words, Hezbollah-land is it's own de facto country, and all the line-drawing in the sand won't change that. So it's not really Israel v. Lebanon, it's Israel v. Hezbollah-land.
Sorry, I wandered a bit there.
Anyway, Israel is killing civilians. Guess what- Hezbollah fighters are strategically placed amongst civilians. Why, you ask? To protect themselves. So Israel has two choices- let Hezbollah continue shooting missiles at their civilians, or target the ones shooting the missiles. Who just happen to be in the midst of civilians.
Kill or be killed is one of the most primitive instincts we have.
My history teacher once posed a question to those who were anti-war. He said imagine a neighboring country is attacking you. Other than fight back, what do you do? Let them kill your women and children, burn your crops? Roll over and wait to die? Or launch airstrike after airstrike, damning the consequences, until the threat has been removed and your people are safe to live again and walk outside and play.
Israel made their choice- and I can't say that I blame them.
posted by Yorick at 2:56 PM
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