>On the one hand Israel has the right to defend herself from these >ridiculous rocket attacks. > >On the other hand, I keep thinking of my suburb. Let's say a few >criminals launched rockets into Wisconsin and then Wisconsin beseiged >my suburb, bombed the shit out of it, cut off food, utilities, fuel, >etc and caused a humanitarian disaster. Maybe even killed my family >when I've got nothing to do with the criminals. Nothing good will >come of that. > >So unless there's something I don't know, Israel seems to be guilty of >war crimes or at least mass murder. > >Thoughts? > >Ya know, because it's beautiful Saturday?
Something to consider, according to the laws of war, schools, religious and cultural institutions are not to be attacked or shot at until they are used by combatants. Then they can be attacked quite freely. Which is precisely what happened with Hamas. They have used schools, mosques and other institutions to store military supplies, for launch pads or as cover for mortars and for attacks on IDF forces. Therefore they can legitimately be considered as targets. Hamas keeps civilians in these places to increase casualties. So if anyone is to blame it is Hamas. Moreover the leadership of Hamas (who happen to be quite safe in Syria and Lebannon) have declared no compromise, cease-fire or truce with Israel. So you can expect a lot more casualties as more civilians get caught in the crossfire. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:284518 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
