U.N. Affirms Israeli-Hamas War Crimes Report
By Thalif Deen
The report, which was favourably voted by the 47-member Human Rights Council in Geneva last month, received overwhelming support Thursday in the 192-member General Assembly. The vote was 114 in favour and 18 against, with 44 abstentions. The 18 countries that voted against the resolution included the United States, Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Israel. Continue
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23909.htm
Full Version: U.N. Affirms Israeli-Hamas War Crimes Report
Common Ground Common Sense > National & International News > Op-Ed Articles from the Mainstream Media
Israel has probably the best record in history for dealing humanely with civil wars, if that can be done at all.
Rememer Jenin?
Several years ago, rather than simply dropping a few 500 pounders on this hotbead haven of suicide bombers, the IDF put its soldiers in harms way, fighting door-to-door in the enemy's own neighborhood, so as to minimize harm to the innocents BEHIND WHOSE SKIRTS these SOBs are hiding.
So, given the fact that living with the threat of suicide bombers (thank you, Yassir), or the raining down of Qassam rockets (thank you Nasrallah and Hamas), it becomes necessary to clean out the swamp.
Are we Americans so thoughtful of innocent bystanders? Do our video gamesters in Nevada have special software to keep their Predator-launched, laser-guided Hellfire missiles from hitting women and children in AfPak?
I don't think so.
I give the IDF extra credit for doing a superb job of dealing with an awful problem.
Rememer Jenin?
Several years ago, rather than simply dropping a few 500 pounders on this hotbead haven of suicide bombers, the IDF put its soldiers in harms way, fighting door-to-door in the enemy's own neighborhood, so as to minimize harm to the innocents BEHIND WHOSE SKIRTS these SOBs are hiding.
So, given the fact that living with the threat of suicide bombers (thank you, Yassir), or the raining down of Qassam rockets (thank you Nasrallah and Hamas), it becomes necessary to clean out the swamp.
Are we Americans so thoughtful of innocent bystanders? Do our video gamesters in Nevada have special software to keep their Predator-launched, laser-guided Hellfire missiles from hitting women and children in AfPak?
I don't think so.
I give the IDF extra credit for doing a superb job of dealing with an awful problem.
QUOTE(jeffmoskin @ Nov 7 2009, 12:18 PM) 
Israel has probably the best record in history for dealing humanely with civil wars, if that can be done at all.
Rememer Jenin?
Several years ago, rather than simply dropping a few 500 pounders on this hotbead haven of suicide bombers, the IDF put its soldiers in harms way, fighting door-to-door in the enemy's own neighborhood, so as to minimize harm to the innocents BEHIND WHOSE SKIRTS these SOBs are hiding.
So, given the fact that living with the threat of suicide bombers (thank you, Yassir), or the raining down of Qassam rockets (thank you Nasrallah and Hamas), it becomes necessary to clean out the swamp.
Are we Americans so thoughtful of innocent bystanders? Do our video gamesters in Nevada have special software to keep their Predator-launched, laser-guided Hellfire missiles from hitting women and children in AfPak?
I don't think so.
Israel and the USA are two peas in a pod in this regard--hence their co-dependent relationship...
I give the IDF extra credit for doing a superb job of dealing with an awful problem.
Rememer Jenin?
Several years ago, rather than simply dropping a few 500 pounders on this hotbead haven of suicide bombers, the IDF put its soldiers in harms way, fighting door-to-door in the enemy's own neighborhood, so as to minimize harm to the innocents BEHIND WHOSE SKIRTS these SOBs are hiding.
So, given the fact that living with the threat of suicide bombers (thank you, Yassir), or the raining down of Qassam rockets (thank you Nasrallah and Hamas), it becomes necessary to clean out the swamp.
Are we Americans so thoughtful of innocent bystanders? Do our video gamesters in Nevada have special software to keep their Predator-launched, laser-guided Hellfire missiles from hitting women and children in AfPak?
I don't think so.
Israel and the USA are two peas in a pod in this regard--hence their co-dependent relationship...
I give the IDF extra credit for doing a superb job of dealing with an awful problem.
I think they are more selective than we are. Our soldiers call in air support who blast the hell out of the "target." The IDF doesn't call for an airstrike until there has been enough commotion on the ground to scare everybody from the building they want to take out.
We could learn a lot from the IDF.
We could learn a lot from the IDF.
This is a "lo-fi" version of our main content. To view the full version with more information, formatting and images, please click here.