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"Israel" to woo female viewers next season?
Perhaps public opinion on Israel is starting to change? Glenn Greenwald points to a discussion on MSNBC's Morning Joe, with a a reasoned argument on behalf of Palestinians by American-born Jordanian, Queen Noor. Greenwald also points to a statement made by the IDF last October, about how they will wage their war:
"We will wield disproportionate power against every village from which shots are fired on Israel, and cause immense damage and destruction."
Um, mission accomplished? Perhaps even United States, the most stalwart supporter of the soap opera that is Israel, is getting a little uncomfortable. We intercepted an email from the US to the producer of the world's longest running series, "Israel."
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posted 10:54 am on 01/19/2009
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posted 6:25 pm on 01/16/2009
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To the last comment, Hamas is the sovereign government in Gaza so I am unsure how you could compare the situation between an American criminal to a enemy government that commits unlimited war crimes without hesitation, i.e. deliberately firing rockets at Israeli civilians for the last 8 years is a major "war crime." Of course, that term was not created until after WWII so the UK, US, its other allies were able to respond to Hitler's "war crimes" in kind. When the UK cities were bombed, UK responded by bombing German cities. The US...wait, no, we committed our war crime unprovoked as Japan never attacked our civilians, only our military target and yet, we felt no problem firing those nukes, killing billions of civilians to save the lives of our soldiers.
WWII was a total war in that all aspects of a country's life and existence were part of the war. Israel's war with Hamas should be a total war as well, but Israel chooses to maintain the higher ground by not firing at civilians and complying with international law, which clearly states that a country may take all measures at its disposal to stop attacks on its civilian areas. Hence, Israel attacks were not disproportionate at all.