Posted on 12/31/2008 8:24:58 AM PST by ventanax5
Moving beyond the question of international law, the charge that Israel is using a disproportionate amount of force in the Gaza Strip because of reports of Palestinian casualties has to be looked at critically. Israelis have often said among themselves over the last seven years that when a Hamas rocket makes a direct strike on a crowded school, killing many children, then Israel will finally act.
This scenario raises the question of whether the doctrine of proportionality requires that Israel wait for this horror to occur, or whether Israel could act on the basis of the destructive capability of the arsenal Hamas already possesses, the hostile declarations of intent of its leaders, and its readiness to use its rocket forces already. Alan Dershowitz noted two years ago: "Proportion must be defined by reference to the threat proposed by an enemy and not by the harm it has produced." Waiting for a Hamas rocket to fall on an Israeli school, he rightly notes, would put Israel in the position of allowing "its enemies to play Russian Roulette with its children."13
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That's how you WIN, you use everything you've got to destroy the enemy.
I don’t believe in disproportionate force. No such thing.
You must have meant your comments for someone else.
I usually clear the TO:....must have missed that. Sorry about that.
1. Never humanize your enemy
2. Kill your enemy until he stops killing you
3. There are no rules in war.
No sweat. I was wondering because I agree with what you said.
Israel did not start the fight, but it will damn well stop the fight the only way possible. No mercy.
“Proportionate” responses in warfare are immoral. They increase misery of everyone by lengthening the war.
> Is Israel Using ‘Disproportionate Force’?
Apparently not.
We’ll know how much is appropriate when the Hamas rockets and artillery stop.
Israel should hit Damascus next then when the world is whining, go for the Persian nukes, let God do the rest vs Magog,Togarmah, Ethiopia, Libya, Gomer( Ez 38,39). Doom on all of them
....besides ‘a disproportionate response is the way to win this thing. Do not back down, no time lines, no truces, just keep advancing until they’re gone. Tarawa, Saipan, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa ...time lines? dsiproportionate force? Hiroshima?...Nagasaki...made EVERYONE realize, the war and killing was DONE. No more holocausts, just kill until there is unconditional surrender. Then send them to hard labor in Iceland planting a rain Forest for Gores Climate change.
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