Even for the Lebanese, there should be no question Israelis are the good guys.
The Israeli government is probably the only government that drops leaflets warning civilians to evacuate before bombing. She is taking every precaution possible not to kill civilians. She intends only to target Hezbollah. This is not an easy task considering Hezbollah is using civilians as human shields by shooting missiles from their homes. Israel’s goal is survival, peace, and freedom. Unlike many Islamic extremists, Israel is not seeking to expand her territory, kill those with differing religious beliefs, or oppress those who are not like-minded. By contrast, Hezbollah admits that if the U.S. intervenes, it will “welcome World War III.” Hezbollah is not taking precautions to avoid the murder of innocent women and children. To say they are careless is an understatement. Indeed, they are targeting civilians and rejoicing in their deaths.
Michelle has this copy of the leaflet, and asks the question; “When do terrorists warn civilians?”
Following the line of thought of this post, I suppose the Israelis should see that perhaps Hezbollah ain’t all that bad. That Hezbollah is actually the good guys too, huh. Yeah, the Israelis supposedly drop flyers that supposedly tell people get away cause we’re gonna bomb you, but if you think about it, every Israeli knows what Hezbollah’s “raison d’etre” is–that is the destruction of Israel. On that note, both sides have been warned of the other’s intentions. If you believe that Lebanese should heed Israel’s warnings and get out, then Israelis could heed Hezbollah’s warnings and get out too.
They’ll never understand your argument Eddy because they lack the intellectual capacity to see the big picture. It’s like with global warming. They just don’t understand the issues, so they pretend it doesn’t exist. Other intellectuals have patiently tried to explain it to them here, but they are unable to comprehend it. Only you, me, and the San Francisco Liberal understand. We are like Nostradamus.
Leftist, any credibility you may have had just disintegrated when you said, “We are like Nostradamus.” I think even SF will get a kick out of that!
OK, I obviously didn’t pay close enough attention to his comments to realize it’s not serious.
“OK, I obviously didn’t pay close enough attention to his comments to realize it’s not serious.”
I was thinking that maybe someone should, as a joke, make comments under the name “Rightist” and present violent, racist, aggressive and obnoxious opinions.
But then I thought…there isn’t a need for that kind of jokester opinions, it’s already here coming from “real” posters.
SFL, do you have a blog?
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“But then I thought:there isn’t a need for that kind of jokester opinions, it’s already here coming from “real”posters.”
Well at least you are forthcoming about the nature of your posts. I laugh at many of them. Some are just painful though, like your inability to distinguish between intentional targeting of civilians and collateral damage.
Well at least you are forthcoming about the nature of your posts.
You really need to work on your reading comprehension skills, Robert…
I laugh at many of them.
And you don’t think I laugh at yours?
Some are just painful though, like your inability to distinguish between intentional targeting of civilians and collateral damage.
Of course I understand the difference in terms, but the fact remains that the end result of either one is a dead civilian.
Killing innocents is fundamentally wrong no matter if it’s done intentionally or not.
And saying “oh well, that’s what happens in war” only insures that it will happen again.
get off the cycle of violence…
You really are wasting your time trying to enlighten these neocons, San Francisco Liberal. They show no signs of understanding the big picture, and probably never will.
I think they are just angry and jealous, because the Left has taken the lead on working toward ending the violence. They know that they have no future in postwar society, they will no longer control all the wealth and means of production. There will be no more lucrative industrial-military comnplex controlled by them. They won’t be able to promote wars of adventure for profit. They hate leaders like Ted Kennedy and Jack Murtha because they know Kennedy and Murtha will probably hold positions of prominence in the new Islamic States. While they will be scorned and relegated to peonage.
Theyre so xenophobic they dread the new regimes and their culture. I think turbans are kinda cool, I could get used to one. And when fashion designers tune up the burka, it’ll be just smashing!
Most of all, the violence will be over, the needless killing of civilians by imperialist bombs will be ended. But they can never grasp the value of such an outcome, only we have the vision to see, accept, and adapt. Like the dinosaurs, the right wingers are unable to adapt and their ideology will be doomed to extinction.