I understand your point that Israel is under threat from Hezbullah. Yet that's not my point. The question is whether or not the mass killing of civilians is justifiable in the process of trying to achieve security. But don't try and tell me that unless I am living in Haifa I can't have an opinion about what happens. What about you? Are you living in South Lebanon being constantly bombed by Israeli Artillery and American made F-16s? Who are you to say that Israel is infinately justified because yourpropoganda machine is filling your head with reports of Iran using Lebanon as a proxy to annihilate Israel. Sure that's what they say but honestly. Is that gonna happen? Israel is constantly supplied with war materiel by the US and all that Hezbollah has managed to do is lob many poorly aimed rockets at Haifa and kill little more than a dozen people. Is that the brink of annihilation which you apparently are so afraid of? Iran might posture that it is using Lebanon as a proxy for attacking Israel but you overestimate Iran's influence over Hezbollah. Hezbollah takes Iran's aid but they have their own agenda. And how is this cirrent conflict convenient for Iran? Iran didn't want Hezbollah to attack Israel now. Iran wants Hezbollah as a proxy so that when and if they decide to annihilate Israel they are another tool with which to attack Israel. But this timing is not in Iran's favour. This was a poorly calculated move by hezbollah which has back fired. iran sees Hezbollah as a tool but Hezbollah has its own identity.
You over dramatize the potential consequences. The world willnot end tommorow if Israel does not annihilate Hezbollah immediately. If it was about to don't you think that the Israeli government would have attacked much sooner? Instead they waited for a provocation which they could exploit to make a move against Hezbollah. It is already acknowledged and documented that Israeli Generals have been making plans forthis campaign for more than a year. The Generals a year ago were showing these plans off to reporters and officials. So the potential threat from Hezbollah is blown way beyond what it truly is.
Yes the threat is there and needs to be faced yet the speed and ruthlessness which Israel is showing in lebanon is uncalled for since Israel is at no risk of being destroyed this week or the next.
I'm not syaing Israel doesn't need to protect itself. Israel has every right to exist. But the response to the considerably minor incident which sparked this conflict is so out of proportion. Hezbollah has no immediate plans to nuke Israel. They kidnapped Israeli soldiers with the plan to trade them for prisoners. that doesn't say they are gonna destroy Israel anytime soon. So the level of devastation being set upon Lebanon is unjustifiable.
So once again. Is the mass killing of civilians justifiable? Is the use of cluster bombs and white phosphorus even right under any circumstances? How do you justify the intentional targeting of Ambulances and even civilians in their cars as they flee cities and villages which Israel has just ordered them to leave? What does that have to do with Hezbollah? Is Israel not hypocritical for doing to Lebanon 100 times worse what they accuse Hezbollah of doing?
Answer the qoestion. Don't play the "I'm a Jew you're not" card. That's a tired game.
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