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To: SmithL

Received this email today.

Here is an interview from British media with Bibi Netanyahu.

The interviewer asked him: "How come so many more Lebanese have been killed in this conflict than Israelis?"

Natanyahu: "Are you sure that you want to start asking in that direction?"

Interviewer: Why not?

Natanyahu: "Because in World War II more Germans were killed than British and Americans combined, but there is no doubt in anyone's mind that the war was caused by Germany's aggression. And in response to the German blitz on London, the British wiped out the entire city of Dresden, burning to death more German civilians than the number of people
killed in Hiroshima.

Moreover, I could remind you that in 1944, when the R.A.F. tried to bomb the Gestapo Headquarters in Copenhagen, some of the bombs missed their target and fell on a Danish children's hospital, killing 83 little children .

Perhaps you have another question?"


40 posted on 08/14/2006 9:06:08 AM PDT by HockeyPop
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To: HockeyPop
That exchange is precious and classic.
Unfortunately, without a date and location for this interview, it must be viewed as apocryphal.
I seriously wish it is genuine, as I would love to save it for future use.
58 posted on 08/14/2006 9:28:55 AM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: HockeyPop

I think an even better reply would have been the analogy with NATO’s bombings of the Serb forces in Kosovo barely 7 years ago when the NATO authorities themselves admitted:

"Strikes were also complicated by the cynical Serb use of civilian homes and buildings to hide weapons and vehicles, the intermixing of military vehicles with civilian convoys and, sometimes, the use of human shields. In this way, NATO’s concern to avoid civilian casualties was exploited by the Serbs. "

http://www.nato.int/kosovo/repo2000/conduct.htm


74 posted on 08/17/2006 8:19:50 PM PDT by jc durbant
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