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| Forget the cliches and casualties, Israel's attack is for the good of all |
| 2006-07-24 |
| DISPROPORTIONATE. Destabilising. Disgraceful. With a unanimity we have become all too familiar within Irish political pronouncements on the Arab-Israeli conflict, this is how representatives from all parties have described Israel's military response to Hizbollah's kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers and its bombing of Israeli cities over the last week. While scoring high in the categories of alliteration and dramatic effect, such cliched responses lack moral clarity and show no evidence at all that our leaders understand what this conflict is about. There is an unthinking assumption that any sustained Israeli assault on Hizbollah is automatically bad for the prospects of an Israeli-Palestinian peace, bad for the stability of Lebanon, and bad for the West. But, what if the opposite is true? What if an Israeli military campaign that demoralises and weakens Hizbollah is a good thing? |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 Forget the cliches and casualties, Israel's attack is for the good of all And a frog's @ss is water tight. Next topic, please. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-07-24 12:22 |
| #1 From an Irish paper? Wow. |
| Posted by: Champ Angeger5024 2006-07-24 07:20 |