That Just About Sums It Up

I loved this:

Alexei Sayle, WRITER

Anyone can see that what Israel is doing is unacceptable, violent, cruel, evil and wicked. If Israel is behaving in the manner of a psychotic bullying child, then Britain and the US are like its mad tattooed parents.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article1190596.ece

I think some perspective is in order.

Everyone seems to want to forget that Hezbollah provoked this reaction. Where are the international demands that Hezbollah stop firing rockets into Israel and killing civilians. where are the international demands that Iran and Syria be held accountable for their support of terrorist organizations?

Oh thats right, the UN is worthless organization that passes resolution after resolution with absolutely no effect.

The "innocent civilians" that may or may not have been killed as a result of attacking Hezbollah forces, are the very ones who provide aid, comfort, and support to the terrorists. As such, are they really innocent? I say no.

If there were terrorists operating from my neighborhood in Florida, and I took them in and provided them food, water and shelter, if I stored their weapons, and if I helped conceal their presence, would I still be "innocent"? No. I'd be the enemy.

The Lebanese government should take responsibility for eradicating the terrorists. The people should denounce the violence and help root them out. But thats not the reality of the situation.

The reality is, they want everyone in Israel (and America) to die. They support the terrorists. They are one and the same.

Bravo for the US and UK for having the balls to stand up and say, "You f**k with the bull, you get the horns."

The sooner everyone realizes that there is no negotiating with radical islamic terrorists, the sooner we can put this all to an end. Until then, we'll just keep trading tit-for-tat strikes, and sooner or later they're going to get a nuclear bomb. do you really thing that if they get "the bomb", that they wont use it. They will, on Israel, or New York, or Washington DC...

You'll be wishing Bush and Blair had done more about terrorism then.

Nick - thanks for the thoughtful post. It's a complicated situation, but I believe that this is exactly the reaction Hezbollah intended. Could their intention to be to to unite the Islamic world against Israel?

Of course it is. And Israel, the US and UK are playing the game exactly as they wanted.

This particular conflict will end at some point. The point is how quickly, and how many civilan lives and infrastructure will be lost in the meantime?