Posted by
JDComments on Wednesday, August 02, 2006 4:17:51 PM
War has become politically correct, at least for the Western democracies, including Israel. Thus, it is not waged against the poor people of Lebanon, but rather against those insidious terrorists, and when there is collateral damage, everyone grieves, and condemns the barbarians responsible. For God's sake, its not like the Lebanese have voted Hezbollah into office [well, maybe they did, but only a little], and they don't support them, or let them live amongst them [welllllll..maybe more than a little]. Alright, enough sarcasm, you get the point. The essence of a democracy is that the people ARE responsible for their governments and their governing. When they accept the presence of terrorists, they should be held accountable. I have read a lot of histories of WWII and never, ever did I see a distinction made between the poor German people, and their government. If it weren't for the people, there would have been no Nazi movement, and that was understood. IF the people of Lebanon didn't accept Hezbollah, they wouldn't be firing missiles into Israel right now. And the Palestinians clearly voted for Hamas, so if that fanatical party commits acts of war, the people are just as responsible. Funny how the Terrorists never say they are anti-Likud, but rather they are anti-Israelis. It's time for the West to stop agonizing over this issue, and instead to fight to survive against an enemy which has no similar compulsions, and indeed sees them as weaknesses to be exploited. Death is a horrible thing to inflict, but the Israelis were attacked, and have every right to protect themselves from their enemies. While it is noble for them to try to spare civilians, this may actually prolong the war. Vietnam proved that war cannot be waged as a politically correct affair. It is brutal, it is pain inflicting, and it should be frightening to contemplate, and perhaps if it was waged as a no holds barred exercise, the Arab "street" would not be so eager to tempt it.