Originally posted by: Aisengard
Originally posted by: Rainsford
Originally posted by: Aisengard
Thank you for showing how Israel is targeting certain buildings instead of leveling the entire town...something most nations in Israel's position would be wont to do.
Why is it that no matter what Israel does, it's a good thing...it's like they can do no wrong in your mind. Hell, I'm surprised you don't object to those articles about Israel killing 30 civilians (or whatever) by saying the headline should really have read "Israel doesn't kill millions of people today!".
Not that Israel is always wrong either, of course, but you seem to have some sort of complex about them. Without even knowing what those buildings are that were leveled, you conclude that it was a nice gesture on their part since they didn't level the entire city. Who cares if one of those buildings was a children's hospital or an orphanage? Of course I don't know if that's the case, but neither do you, yet you're ready to unconditionally defend them...why is that?
Because I support Israel over Hezbollah. I'm not ashamed to admit it, if it came down to either Israel or the entire Middle East being leveled, I would want Israel to survive.
Israel can do wrong, but the wrong they do is, in my mind, not deliberate. Does it bring back those dead children? No. But doing something deliberately and doing something by accident is the difference between 1st degree murder and manslaughter.
I just believe that telling Israel off for conducting one of the most restrained invastions probably in human history is a very self-serving thing to do. I'm not saying it's wrong to tell Israel off for killing civilians, but I just wish people would realize the lengths the military goes through to NOT kill civilians when they are firing on military targets. So yes, I praise Israel for actually caring about the Lebanese civilians enough to tell them days ahead of time that there will be bombings in their town. If Hezbollah cared as much about Lebanese civilians as Israel does, then you'd probably see even less civilian casualties.
I guess it's just an issue of perspective. If Israel was in fact targeting civilians, wouldn't you agree many more than than 1000-minus would be dead by now?
I believe the invasion was necessary, therefore I do not condemn Israel for every single accident that occurs. Heck, enough people are doing it already.