So, what is the difference....

[JayMcGee]

The UN Charter specifically inderdicts 'collective punishment' as a war crime.
No if's, but' s, or because's......

Actually, I'm somewhat flattered, that six days after my last post, I've gotten under your skin so much that you just had to scratch.....

That's all I want you folk to do... scratch the surface, see under the propoganda (on both sides) and decide just where the line lies.

(as an aside..... 2 weeks back, when Condi was about to visit the region, Bush said she 'would not be visting with an empty satchel' . I remarked to my mate, that proballly means she has some kind of reconstruction plan whereby US companies will rebuild Beruit. Georgie boy confirmed this the other day....

.... actually, it was on the same day they shipped thru the UK the bombs to flatten the very self same real-estate they are going to rebuild.... I guess that's what you might call a 'circular economy')