Posted on 12/31/2008 8:24:58 AM PST by ventanax5
Rules in war?
That’s how you lose wars.
There’s that pesky Geneva convention to worry about, however.
What’s the old saying? “The only ‘fair-fight’ is the one you lose”?
What the Media is hinting at is that the Israelis should cooperate in tit-for-tat small-scale violence. ‘Course even then the Israelis will be criticized anytime a civilian gets scratched by shrapnel, whereas the other side can actually target civilians with impunity.
It is time we had a President who says exactly that. He should also tell the little Prince to let his fellow Jordanians resettle anywhere they want in their native country of Jordan.
Disproportionate? You’re kidding right?
When I go to war, I want the biggest advantage I can get. Generally speaking, that insures victory for my side and the least amount of casualties in the long run for the other side.
Most recently, check out the Iran/Iraq war of the eighties. Two sides, niether with a disproportionate advantage fought a stalemate for years. Millions died.
Which war would you rather be in?
"Disproportionate Force" is code for surrender monkeys.
Israel's job is to make the their country safe from attack as quickly and efficiently as possible. Tit for tat is not and has not ever worked.
Let’s see, Israel is hitting rockets with rockets. Doesn’t seem to be unfair at all.
Liberal Speak for killing too many enemies, not fighting fair.
Disproportion is what wins wars. “All is fair is love and war.” The kill ratio ought to be 10,000 to 1, not 100 to 1 as it is now.
“If that means it isn’t a fair fight, then they shouldn’t have engaged you in the first place, they were stupid.”
Precisely. And we all know that stupidity is a capital offense.
“Doctrine of proportionality?” So I guess if a burglar breaks in, fires at you and misses, you should give him another shot before shooting back??!! Only the whacked out left could invent the doctrine of proportionality. On the other hand, I am definitely PRO turning Hamas members into small, separate PORTIONS.
Only idiots would ask that question.
The facts of history show that one side will do whatever the heck it wants anyway. As with gun control, rules/laws of war only serve to restrain one side.
Win or Die, not this PC crap. When will we ever learn, fight to win, smash your enemy. Poof
Have the rocket attacks stopped? If not, they haven’t used enough force.
A rocket apparently fired by Palestinians on Friday killed the two Palestinians aged five and 13, Palestinian medics said. None of Gaza's militant factions claimed responsibility for the deadly attack on the house in Beit Lahiya. Gaza Health Ministry official Dr. Moiaya Hassanain identified the two victims as 5-year-old Hanin Abu Khoussa and her 12-year-old cousin, Sabah Abu Khoussa. Three other young people were wounded, Hassanain said.
Israeli construction worker injured by random rocket attack
TEL AVIV, December 27 (RIA Novosti) - Rocket fire from Palestinian militants on Saturday killed one person and injured five in southern Israel, Israeli emergency services said.
"In the town of Netivot, a rocket hit a residential building. We have one dead, one critically wounded and another four or five people slightly injured," an emergency service spokesman said.
Prior to 2006, the number of Palestinian rocket attacks rarely reached 50 per month. By early 2008, Hamas displayed a capability of launching nearly 50 per day.
I'd say that Israel's response is disproportionately mild. I'm hoping they'll respond proportionately ... in the manner and to the degree that any responsible government other than Israel would be expected to respond to several years of random attacks against civilians ... before this is over.
It is too bad American hasn't learned that important fact. Leave it up to our politicians to fail again and again to learn this??
War is NOT a matter of, “If you kill one of mine, I can kill one of yours.”
War is, “If you kill one of mine, I will kill ALL of yours!”
If a bank is being robbed by one gunman, you don’t sent in one cop to deal with the situation!
Talk of such things as "disproportionate" is self defeating. Save that for the hippies
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