Call for an Israeli Cease Fire
I have been reading articles about the current Israeli - Hezbollah conflict since the original 07/12/06 capture of the two Israeli soldiers. I have to say that I am becoming more and more upset about this whole situation. I am mad at the press for becoming more and more complacent about the hundreds of dead civilians in Lebanon as the war continues. I am mad at Israel for not having a better military strategy for their offensive strike. I am mad at president Bush (as far as this instance is concerned) for not coming out and telling Israel that they need to stop their assault and handle this situation like civilized people!
Ill be honest. I normally do not get caught up in foreign affairs. But for some reason, since the beginning of this war I have been drawn to it.
Israel started the assault on Hezbollah after they kidnapped two Israeli soldiers on July 12th. Since their first offensive strike Israel has killed 494 innocent Lebanese souls and an estimated 46 Hezbollah guerrilla soldiers. Lets do the math. At the current ratio, this means that for every ONE ENEMY SOLDIER that they kill, they kill TEN INNOCENT PEOPLE. Does this sound like a good military offensive strategy to you?
Hezbollah has killed approximately 36 Israeli soldiers and 19 civilians. At least they seem to be hitting their targets more than civilians.
Sunday's massacre At Qana left 54 Lebanese civilians dead, 37 of which were sleeping children. Israel knew this was a residential area and that there would be major civilian casualties if they bombed. They bombed the area anyway.
These people were hunkered down in basements and closets. Do you think they went outside to read the fliers that Israeli planes were dropping from the sky while they heard gunfire and missiles from overhead?
Yes, the Hezbollah was launching missiles from this area but there are different ways to handle this type of situation. Send in a team of special military agents to kill them. DO NOT KILL THIRTY-SEVEN SLEEPING CHILREN!!
Bush made a statement that Israel has a right to defend itself. I'm sorry but Israel started bombing Lebanon first, because of the kidnapping of two of their soldiers. What they stopped reporting after the first week was that the reason why Hezbollah did this was because Israel is holding over 1000 Lebanese detainees which they claim are part of the Hezbollah party. Hmm... Sound familiar? Yes, Hezbollah was wrong for the kidnapping but I can at least comprehend their reasoning behind it.
My question to Israeli leaders is this... At what point does two kidnapped soldiers justify the killing of almost 500 innocent people in less than twenty days?
My question to everyone else is this... What do you think the worlds reaction would be if the United States had gone into Iraq and killed 10 civilians for every one terrorist we were after with the Iraqi civilian death toll approaching 500 in three weeks time?
Bottom line! Terrorism is wrong any way you look at it and Hezbollah needs to be put in check but Israel has got to stop their attack and find a more peaceful resolution to this situation. They have already destroyed Lebanons coastline by purposely striking a power plant spilling nearly 110,000 barrels of crude oil into the Mediterranean sea, left many of the beautiful countrys towns in a rubble and left the countries people mourning for their murdered innocent coworkers, friends, family members and their peaceful way of life. Stop the violence! Cease fire for Lebanons sake.
Topher
Facts in this blog post were aquired from multiple sources including articles and television news broadcasts.
Ill be honest. I normally do not get caught up in foreign affairs. But for some reason, since the beginning of this war I have been drawn to it.
Israel started the assault on Hezbollah after they kidnapped two Israeli soldiers on July 12th. Since their first offensive strike Israel has killed 494 innocent Lebanese souls and an estimated 46 Hezbollah guerrilla soldiers. Lets do the math. At the current ratio, this means that for every ONE ENEMY SOLDIER that they kill, they kill TEN INNOCENT PEOPLE. Does this sound like a good military offensive strategy to you?
Hezbollah has killed approximately 36 Israeli soldiers and 19 civilians. At least they seem to be hitting their targets more than civilians.
Sunday's massacre At Qana left 54 Lebanese civilians dead, 37 of which were sleeping children. Israel knew this was a residential area and that there would be major civilian casualties if they bombed. They bombed the area anyway.
These people were hunkered down in basements and closets. Do you think they went outside to read the fliers that Israeli planes were dropping from the sky while they heard gunfire and missiles from overhead?
Yes, the Hezbollah was launching missiles from this area but there are different ways to handle this type of situation. Send in a team of special military agents to kill them. DO NOT KILL THIRTY-SEVEN SLEEPING CHILREN!!
Bush made a statement that Israel has a right to defend itself. I'm sorry but Israel started bombing Lebanon first, because of the kidnapping of two of their soldiers. What they stopped reporting after the first week was that the reason why Hezbollah did this was because Israel is holding over 1000 Lebanese detainees which they claim are part of the Hezbollah party. Hmm... Sound familiar? Yes, Hezbollah was wrong for the kidnapping but I can at least comprehend their reasoning behind it.
My question to Israeli leaders is this... At what point does two kidnapped soldiers justify the killing of almost 500 innocent people in less than twenty days?
My question to everyone else is this... What do you think the worlds reaction would be if the United States had gone into Iraq and killed 10 civilians for every one terrorist we were after with the Iraqi civilian death toll approaching 500 in three weeks time?
Bottom line! Terrorism is wrong any way you look at it and Hezbollah needs to be put in check but Israel has got to stop their attack and find a more peaceful resolution to this situation. They have already destroyed Lebanons coastline by purposely striking a power plant spilling nearly 110,000 barrels of crude oil into the Mediterranean sea, left many of the beautiful countrys towns in a rubble and left the countries people mourning for their murdered innocent coworkers, friends, family members and their peaceful way of life. Stop the violence! Cease fire for Lebanons sake.
Topher
Facts in this blog post were aquired from multiple sources including articles and television news broadcasts.
posted by Topher at 8:37 PM
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