Does Israel take the blame or does Hezbollah?
Let's look at the facts shall we?
Hezbollah commonly uses civilians as human shields. They, as they did in this case apparently, park there rocket laiden vehicles next to apartment buildings, U.N. compounds. The UN force is on record stating that Hezbollah uses there buildings *U.N. Buildings and outposts* for cover. Due to their regulations they are not allowed to do anything about it. We will leave that part alone for now so that we may stay on topic, nothing worse than a blogger who can't stay on topic. So we have seen the infrared video Israel released showing the rocket launcher being parked just after it fired a number of rockets into Israel, just behind the apartment building Israel desimated moments later. To Israel's credit they have now decided to a 24 or 48 hours cessation or suspension of force. Granted they are leaving open the ability to defend themselves should any rockets be fired into Israel. They have agreed to simply stop airstrikes and allow the red crescent and U.N. to go in and provide relief.
One thing I haven't heard mentioned much in the mainstream media is that Israel did drop flyers on the city of Qana 24 hours prior to this latest incident. War is not pretty. Terrorists do not care about human life, they value nothing beyond their cause. It is unfortunate that the middle east is gathering around Hezbollah and shaming Israel. Many of the media reports I have seen simply treat Hezbollah as though they are the Lebanese Army which is clearly not the case. I have also not heard mentioned that Hezbollah, after Al Qaeda, has killed more Americans than any other terrorist organization. We are simply Hezbollah's second worst enemy. It always amazes me just how small this world of ours really is.
I live in Hawaii. Living out here it seems that we are very far removed from everything that happens on the mainland U.S. let alone what happens in other parts of the world. We find that often times we are forgotten for one reason or another until something or otherwise news worthy happens in our slice of paradise. I think that the people in the middle east feel exactly the same way. After all the fighting in the middle east lately we forget that these battles, in some cases have been going on for hundreds of years. When will the world learn, when will we the human race learn to get along. It seems to me that at some point we must learn this vital skill. I don't think it will happen anytime soon. All one must do is look at the U.S. political structure as of late to see that things are going in the wrong direction and have been for quite some time.
Unfortunate is the word of the day
Regards,
Jeff
"Just Observations, with some opinions thrown in for good measure. You know what they say about opinions"
