Text 34640, 61 rader
Skriven 2006-07-26 05:28:11 av Jeff Smith (1:14/0)
  Kommentar till text 34614 av Björn Forsström (2:203/614.61)
Ärende: Israel
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Hello Björn.

26 Jul 06 09:26, you wrote to me:



 BF>>> So then, let me ask you, what you would say if if the Israels
 BF>>> would bomb and kill some of the 5 000 innocent civilian
 BF>>> Americans that are in Lebanon?

 JS>>      Kind of suprized to see you use the phrase "Innocent
 JS>> civilian Americans".

 BF> Why?
 BF> Many must be there working like we have many down there. Nothing
 BF> strange with that.


       Agreed.

 BF>>> Would you still say that the Isreals have the right to defend
 BF>>> themself with an aggressive warfare? I don't think so eh..? But
 BF>>> killings of innocent civilian Lebaneese is OK? They are all
 BF>>> potential terrorists so what.....kill the bastards.


 JS>>      The killing of innocent people is wrong no matter what
 JS>> country they come from. Yes, Israel has the same rights of self
 JS>> defense as any other country. Up to and including the elimination
 JS>> of the attacking forces and the attacking forces supporting
 JS>> infrastructure but not to the point of killing innocent
 JS>> civilians. One's nationality should not automatically classify
 JS>> them as a terrorist or anything else for that matter. Terrorism
 JS>> and terrorists are not limited a particular country or countries
 JS>> or a particular religion. The killing of innocent civilians to be
 JS>> used as pawns to manipulate conflicts is also wrong. Don't you
 JS>> agree?

 BF> Sure, no problem with that but when a defence war have turned to be an
 BF> aggressive war things have gone out of hands and now when the Israelis
 BF> have killed 4 UN workers and childrens it doesn't look too good.

     Again, the killing (Accidental or not) of anyone not a direct party
of the confrontation is always a bad thing. Based on the history of the
region I am not that suprized at Israel's determination in eliminating
any and all Hezbollah forces and their ability to further attack. I do
think that there is a point that Israel will reach when they will be doing
more harm than good in the path of their goal. The responsibility for the
deaths of the innocent civilians both Lebanese as well as Israeli falls on
both Israel and Lebanon. Both are to blame and both need to work towards
an end to the killing. Sadly, I don't forsee them being able to resolve
their fundemental differances any time soon.


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Jeff

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