Posted on 07/31/2006 7:04:51 PM PDT by churchillbuff
Within 48 hours, it was apparent Israel was exploiting Hezbollah's attack to execute a preconceived military plan to destroy Lebanon – i.e, the collective punishment of a people and nation for the crimes of a renegade militia they could not control. It was the moral equivalent of a municipal police going berserk, shooting, killing and ravaging an African-American community because Black Panthers had ambushed and killed cops.
If Israel is not in violation of the principle of proportionality, by which Christians are to judge the conduct of a just war, what can that term mean? There are 600 civilian dead in Lebanon, 19 in Israel, a ratio of 30-1 – though Hezbollah is firing unguided rockets, while Israel is using precision-guided munitions.
Thousands of Lebanese civilians are injured. Perhaps 800,000 are homeless.
Yet, whatever one thinks of the morality of what Israel is doing, the stupidity is paralyzing. Instead of maintaining the moral and political high ground it had – when even Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan were condemning Hezbollah and privately hoping Israel would inflict a humiliating defeat on Nasrallah – Israel launched an air war on an innocent people. Now, 87 percent of Lebanese back Hezbollah, and the entire Arab and Islamic world, Shia and Sunni alike, is rallying behind Nasrallah.
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For two weeks, Bush seemed unable to find a word of criticism for what our friends in Israel were doing to our friends in Lebanon. He publicly sent more bombs to Israel. He and Condi emphasized that America did not want a cease-fire – yet.
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Rubbing our noses in our own cravenness, "Bibi" Netanyahu took time out, a week ago, from his daily appearances on American television denouncing terrorism to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the terror attack on the King David Hotel by Menachem Begin's Irgun, an attack that killed 92 people, among them British nurses.
This was not a terrorist act, Bibi explained, because Irgun telephoned a 15-minute warning to the hotel before the bombs went off. Right. And those children in that basement in Qana should not have ignored the Israeli leaflets warning them to clear out of southern Lebanon.
Pat's gone off his meds again.
When was he on them?
Let's remember that up until a year ago there really was no country called Lebanon. It was a wholely owned subsidiary of Syria. Today it's a partially owned subsidiary of Syria.
Screw Buchanan already! he is what he is--a piece of crap
Fans? Buchanan IS Coughlin, from his isolationist toes to the anti-Jewish point on his head.
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Exactly. I don't think he could be more clear about his anti-Israel attitude than he is in this article. I wonder, was he always like this? How did I not notice before?
Paging Mr. Buchanan, paging Mr. Buchanan. You need to call your proctologist right away, you are overdue for your weekly roto-rooter!
It's probably better to read him, he's a media figure. It could happen though, it's probably fair to say Pat isn't speaking to Farah's audience.
He's on a roll. Can't wait for his commentary on the Gibson incident. The Jews do cause the worlds wars, after all, though Pat will use the pc identification, Israel or Zionists or neocons.
Me too.
I value differing opinions, but this is a hatchet job that reduces Pat to the level of a Dan Rather.
Someone should tell Pat all them Lebanese people are sneaky Mexicans in disguise!
Thanks for posting this outstanding column.
Was Qana Staged? Cont'd (Memogate II?)
Hezbollywood? Evidence mounts that Qana collapse and deaths were staged
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