The Slaughter Game
 

Oh boy......
The reports coming in from the Middle East right now are shocking.....Israel has a right to defend itself but really she should learn the art of restraint. In the days of Rome and in the middle ages and again during the Nazi occupations communities have fallen victim to punitive attacks by the dominant power. The psychology of Israel's attacks on Gaza is clearly that of a military power punishing the conquered .....No matter the pretty name they have given the operation.

Operation Rainbow

I like the part where it said that "The army expressed deep sorrow for the loss of innocent life." How very civilized of them, I'm sure. As I read that article, I couldn't help but think of the parellels between that story and the story of the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw in WWII. "Lest we never forget..." Hmmmm, I guess Israel has a selective memory and is busy working on a "final solution" of its own.

"US President George W Bush called for restraint from both sides and said he had asked Israel for "clarification".

"It is essential that people respect innocent life in order for us to achieve peace," he said. "
No comment. :angry:


"Reuters news agency quoted the UN special human rights envoy in the Palestinian territories, John Dugard, as saying that the strikes were "war crimes" and amounted to collective punishment violating humanitarian and international human rights law.

The Israeli military said it was too early to say exactly what had happened, although it suggested that explosives laid by Palestinians could have been responsible.

Army spokeswoman Brigadier General Ruth Yaron said that Israeli forces had fired warning shots after seeing "armed men in the midst of the demonstration".

"We regret the loss of innocent life and are offering to treat those who are injured in our hospitals," she added. "

Oh sure, if you were a Palestinian, just how good would you feel about the treatment your loved ones and friends would recieve in an Israeli hospital after that little incident?

Christ! It gets worse and worse.

Always assuming of course that the Ambulance would be allowed through

The Palestinians don't have the luxury of ambulances. The story said the wounded were being transported to the hospital on donkey's!

They have a small number of ambulances. but not nearly enough and there was some delay in allowing the ambulances through

The one pictured on this evening's news had 'U.N. Ambulance' (in English) stencilled on the side but there only appeared to be one, otherwise people were snatching the wounded from the ground and running with them. ?Where.

I was with friends when we heard the line from Pres Bush about respecting innocent lives achieving peace, and the shock we all jointly experienced was sickening. Does anyone know what he's taking? The expressionless face appeared drugged, disturbingly so.

Wolf? Any idea what medication he's on?

from the BBC website

Operation Rainbow

I think Sharon is once more trying to provoke a strong response from the Palestinians in order to justify his political goals.

Sharon is scum! :mad:

Sharon is a hero and it's nice to see Israel standing up for themselves for a change. You kill one of ours, we kill 10 of yours, or 100, or a 1000 until you stop or there are no more of you.

That's the theory the Palestinians have been operating under.

That area is just teeming with heroes.

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Ya cause if there's one thing we are all really used to hearing about it's Israel's reluctance to "stand up for themselves"

You got that right. Israel has allowed themselves to be attacked for nearly 50 years now without an appropriate level of retribution. Israel needs to tell the Palestinians if they attack even once more, they'll kill every last one of them. And then...do it.

Great. So you advocate the Israelis implement a Final Solution against the stateless palestinians?

Get my response in early for the inevitable

"why weren't you this worked up the last time the Palestinians killed Israeli civilians in a suicide bomb attack"

I do get depressed when I read of such attacks..I do wish along way back the Palestinians had headed the advice of Gandi and taken the path of nonviolent resistanc..but they didn't and they have their extremists and it is the extremists that not call the shots and have the respect of the Palestinians, why?, because the moderates have nobody to talk to..

It is in the hands of the Israelis, no it is the moral responsibility, of the Israelis to deliver a peace plan. Instead we have Sharon, ever ready to poke the ants nest with his stick, ever ready to use the excuse of the ants biting in order to knock down the inconvient anthill.