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When will the world pull its head out of its own ass and wise up? Iran wants the UN to do something to Israel because of 'repeated' threats?
I can't stand it one day longer. Iran threatens every day to wipe Israel off the map. France and Germany are practically CHOMPING at the bit to shoot down Israeli planes attempting to stop Iran/Syria from re-arming Hizbullah with more missles, but French and German 'Peace Keepers' refuse to operate at night because it's too 'dangerous'? That, and they patently refuse to challenge potential militants/combatants for fear of inciting riots.
Oh, and let's not forget the EXCELLENT press campaign the the Palestinians and those bastard terrorists in Lebanon have waged - largely based on their ability to fake/fabricate news that uses outright lies and fabrications to play on western sympathies and make it look like the Israelis are some kind of un-human monsters. Yet this crap goes completely unchecked by the media.
Muhammad al-Dura. The staged blood-libel that started it all.
Pallywood - yet the press laps it up.
The ambulance bombing that never was.
The chemical weapons that never were.
The new Anti-Semitism. (Why we need to worry about attempts to brand Jews/Israelis as sub-human monsters.)
Yet Hizbullah dropped more ordinance on Israel during their latest attack than Hitler managed to put on the British during WW II - yet NO ONE mentions it. Meanwhile, Kassam rockets are actually STILL falling on Israeli soil TODAY and killing people - yet the press only mentions the damage done by those horrible Jews.
So, sorry. I've had it. And i think it 's about time for the world to quit being stupid. In fact, everyone say it with me: Hating Jews isn't cool. They are NOT sub-human monsters. No, we don't have to love everything Israel does. But Israel and the Jews are NOT the cause of all of the world's problems.
Keep in mind, Israel killed 10 times as many people as Hezbollah did. And half of Hezbollah's victims were military. Of course, Israel also keeps military assets near civilian areas.
You might want to get informed one of these days. Start with Jonathan Cook, a British Jew living in Israel.
chris
Posted by: chris | November 22, 2006 at 12:17 PM
And let's not forget that Hezbollah started the whole damn thing by crossing an internally established border, killing troops, and kidnapping others, while launching scads of rockets day and night against civilians.
Likewise, let's not forget that the UN has had 2 or 3 directives aimed at getting Hezbollah to release it's claim on Lebanon, nor that they're murderous thugs who just don't GIVE a crap about human life.
See, we could go on an on... battling tit for tat over 'details'.
That, however was not my intention in making this post. What I object to is the demonization of Jews - which seems to go completely unchecked by the rest of the world at large. It happened before, it's happening again. Nobody seems to give a crap. Will it really take another kristalnacht? another Shoah? If so, to HELL with humanity.
I'm NOT saying "let's give Israel carte-blanche" here. But she is a soveriegn nation (like it or not), and she does have the right to protect her citizens, borders, and assets. She's also gone OUT of her way to minimize civilian casualties (or at least claim to do so if you're some sort of extremely cynical/paranoid nut-job) while Hezbollah has made it their SOLE focus to kill as many civilians as possible. Yet the world heaps scorn on Israel, and falls prey to demonization schemes left and right.
If Hizbollah had the arms and resources that Israel has, there's no DOUBT they'd do everything in their power to push as many civilians and innocents as possible in to the sea (hey, baby jews grow up to be jews with guns - part of the occupation, so kill them all). So honestly, screw Hezbollah; they're murderous, terrorist, bastards who really don't make life on this planet one damn bit better for anyone.
If you want to take issue with Israel, it's creation, or even its existence, fine - I don't have a problem with that (though I might disagree in some points). But don't cite numbers making Hezbollah look legit. That's just assinine.
Posted by: Michael K. Campbell | November 22, 2006 at 12:38 PM