#1 Thank you for your very well though out and articulate answer. I won't touch on everything you said, but the fact it that Hezbullah uses the Lebanese civillians as human sheilds and by being a guerrila organisation they by default rely on the local population from A to Z. This the population knows, this Israel knows and this Hezbullah knows. I very, very aware at how cruel "my boys" can be, I know very well that the IDF is capable and has done much damage, caused many deaths and has is much, much stronger than Hezbullah and the Lebanese army. However, the IDF does not target civillians on purpace, it targets Hezbullah outposts (which are unfortunately located in villages like Qana), we give warning to the people there (and so also the Hezbullah are warned) and we try very hard not to harm the innocent. I can't say the same about Hezbullah who use illegal arms to fire onto the civillian population in Northern Israel, who use the Lebanese as human sheilds, who take over their houses in order to hide weapons. And anyway, why is one house in Qana such an international tragedy while all those other people who died in previous, more sporadic bombings, are forgotten as collataral? Why is Israel held in such a double dtandard that it should just accept the fact that a terrorist organisztion kidnap soldiers and fire missiles on Israel, what it's okay Southern Lebanon is basically ruled by a foreighn body since the Lebanese governmant has no control over that region? Is Israel the victim? No! absoloutly not, but we are entitled to defend our borders, was our action excessive? Maybe. Was it justified? Very.
Re: Playing devils advocate
I won't touch on everything you said, but the fact it that Hezbullah uses the Lebanese civillians as human sheilds and by being a guerrila organisation they by default rely on the local population from A to Z. This the population knows, this Israel knows and this Hezbullah knows.
I very, very aware at how cruel "my boys" can be, I know very well that the IDF is capable and has done much damage, caused many deaths and has is much, much stronger than Hezbullah and the Lebanese army.
However, the IDF does not target civillians on purpace, it targets Hezbullah outposts (which are unfortunately located in villages like Qana), we give warning to the people there (and so also the Hezbullah are warned) and we try very hard not to harm the innocent.
I can't say the same about Hezbullah who use illegal arms to fire onto the civillian population in Northern Israel, who use the Lebanese as human sheilds, who take over their houses in order to hide weapons.
And anyway, why is one house in Qana such an international tragedy while all those other people who died in previous, more sporadic bombings, are forgotten as collataral? Why is Israel held in such a double dtandard that it should just accept the fact that a terrorist organisztion kidnap soldiers and fire missiles on Israel, what it's okay Southern Lebanon is basically ruled by a foreighn body since the Lebanese governmant has no control over that region?
Is Israel the victim? No! absoloutly not, but we are entitled to defend our borders, was our action excessive? Maybe. Was it justified? Very.
Sorry for the bad spelling...