Israel at War?

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Originally Posted by _Opi_

Precise Israeli bombings? bombs are NOT precise. They are indiscriminate. If they were so precise, why was the UNIFIL, just yesterday, bombed at? This isnt the first time this happened. There was another bombing about a week ago, both hizbullah and IDF said it wasn't their bombs. But the UN confirmed it to be an Israeli shell. These bombs and targets are NOT precise. Unless of course, you consider a mosque (under construction and obviously unoccupied) are precise targetting. Or how about the hospitals under attack? the infrastructure of lebano. How about the targetting of fleeing families (trying to evacuate)? Sorry, it is NOT precise enough. Maybe the missiles the US is sending could help them out a bit.

Congratulations on knocking down the strawman.

You've put up anecdotal evidence to the contrary, but that does NOT address my point: Israel has not 'carpet bombed' the area, nor has it concentrated on parts of Beirut outside of the southern, Hezbollah-controlled suburbs. This means they have selected small areas of concern, and attacked these. This means they are attempting to act with precision.

"Precise enough" is a vaguely humanitarian concern that does not further the discussion (nor does it really help your point all that much - think about that).

Originally Posted by _Opi_

Civilians are necessary collateral damage? Does that include Israeli civilian lives as well, or just lebanese? Does it include children, babies, fleeing families, foreigners (UN)?

YES, by definition.

Israelis have died. Canadians have died. Fewer innocent Lebonese have died because of Israel's strike pattern than would have had they attacked indiscriminately.

Originally Posted by _Opi_

Listen, bombs (whether from Israel or Hizbullah) are indiscriminate. Except, its Israel who are saying they are being "careful" not to target civilians when they obviously are. Again, who is suffering most of the loss here? Let's get this straight, Lebanon DID not start this war. Hizbullah did (and no under governmental orders either).

. . . and let's get this straight: Israel has not attacked at the Lebanese government, it has not invaded, it has not even attempted a full-on infrastructure attack outside of Hezbollah-controlled areas.

So what now, Opi? Why do you ignore this, simply because you read about a Mosque falling? Why do you ignore what you read about rockets fired into towns, into civilian dwellings, on the Israeli side of the border?

Originally Posted by _Opi_

Propoganda is perpetrated by both sides (IDF and Hizbullah).

Did I address all your points?

I agree, but you didn't address my point about propaganda - namely, that Hezbollah has attempted to needlessly DRIVE UP the number of Lebanese civilian casualties by placing strategic encampments or targets within civilian locations. This is a de facto use of the 'human shield', and has been the modus operendi of terror groups in the area for decades.

So no, you did not address my points.