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Originally Posted by TomJoe
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Originally Posted by Watser?
Ok, first of all Hezbollah DID warn that they would attack Haifa and other towns, this would have been described (correctly) as THREATS in the press though, which is exactly what Israel's 'warnings' are.
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Does Hezbollah do this each and every time they launch a rocket? I doubt it. I've read (I can try to find the source) that Israel has been waging a leaflet campaign detailing the exact areas they plan to attack and when they plan to do it. Now, they may not be doing this in each and every instance, but they have been doing so. Which I doubt can be said for Hezbollah which seems to be indiscrimantly firing anti-personnel rockets into Israeli cities, by the hundreds. |
Again: this not make it ok. The IRA used to warn too before they blew things up. Does that mean everyone who is blown up has only himself to blame?
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Second, this behavior is exactly what the Serbs were doing in Bosnia: kill a few of them so the rest will run away. It is called ethnic cleansing. That Israel does it to clear the area so they can make it a killing zone and slaughter Hezbollah does not make it ok.
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Israel is attempting to establish a buffer zone, so Hezbollah doesn't launch any further rockets into Israel. I wouldn't liken that to "ethnic cleasning", far from it. If Hezbollah, which has waged war on Israel, are slaughtered ... so be it. They want the fight, they should expect that it will come with losses to their forces.
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Well, I would. They are clearing the area of the people who live there. The reason is not very important is it? Again I ask you, do you think it is acceptable to do this (chase away hundreds of thousands) in a war (especially a war that was launched over a relatively minor incident)?
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Third, evacuate how? The first thing the Israelis did was bomb the bridges, road, all the infrastructure. The second thing it did (and does) is bomb minibuses, trucks, ambulances, everything that moves. The third thing is bomb everything that doesn't move.
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If, after being warned, that Israel is going to bomb a particular location at a particular time, you're stupid enough to be out driving a minibus ... I mean, really.
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You are stupid enough to try and flee the area in a minibus loaded with civilians, you mean? So you think it is ok to blow up minibuses loaded with civilians as long as you warn them?
Again: The IRA used to warn too before they blew things up. Does that mean everyone who is blown up has only himself to blame?