Who's Winning?
Okay, football for sure today, I promise, but first go read this. It questions some of the reporting that's been in the MSM concerning the war in the Middle East. Oops - got to be more specific. The war in Lebanon.
The short version is that for all the people saying Israel is being disproportionate and shouldn't have just used air power and on and on, what was the alternative? Air power has led to the deaths of 600 civilians - tragic to be sure. But would that number have been lower in a full ground invasion? Hard to believe that one. So what were they to do?
Thus Israel in theory is granted the right to use force in self defense and yet any actual use of that force is ruled unacceptable, at least by the chattering classes. It is as if war can be condoned as a chess game but not as an actuality.
Exactly. And what is being accomplished? My guess is that Israel is watching for rocket launches and attacking the launch point by air. And since Hezbullah is using the remaining population as human shields, the results are often bloody.
So what's being accomplished is the military degradation of a very large terrorist organization. And that's a good thing - though civilian casualties are never a good thing.
Once again, to my one reader out there, don't follow the MSM and Europe down the wobbly path. Just because Georgie and Condo are sitting this one out doesn't make it a bad thing.
The short version is that for all the people saying Israel is being disproportionate and shouldn't have just used air power and on and on, what was the alternative? Air power has led to the deaths of 600 civilians - tragic to be sure. But would that number have been lower in a full ground invasion? Hard to believe that one. So what were they to do?
Thus Israel in theory is granted the right to use force in self defense and yet any actual use of that force is ruled unacceptable, at least by the chattering classes. It is as if war can be condoned as a chess game but not as an actuality.
Exactly. And what is being accomplished? My guess is that Israel is watching for rocket launches and attacking the launch point by air. And since Hezbullah is using the remaining population as human shields, the results are often bloody.
So what's being accomplished is the military degradation of a very large terrorist organization. And that's a good thing - though civilian casualties are never a good thing.
Once again, to my one reader out there, don't follow the MSM and Europe down the wobbly path. Just because Georgie and Condo are sitting this one out doesn't make it a bad thing.
posted by fiduciary at 1:20 PM
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