As Usual

I was listening to the news and heard former Israeli Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu talking about the Israeli attacks on Lebanon. Strange logic prevailed. He said that Israel had every right to defend itself against the attacks from Hezbollah troops operating in Lebanon. So it was OK to attack and destroy Lebanese infrastructure…and cause civilian deaths as well. They were all very sorry about that. Then he said that Hezbollah is funded, directed and controlled by Iran and Syria. So why would Israel attack Lebanon when the real enemy is in Syria and Iran?

“Jan Egeland, the U.N.'s top relief coordinator, said that Israeli forces and militants…had shown little regard for children and other bystanders in the conflict that has claimed dozens of civilian lives.

While decrying Israel's response as "massive and disproportionate", Egeland said those who had kidnapped Israeli soldiers and fired homemade rockets into Israeli territory from both Gaza and southern Lebanon were also at fault.
"It seems that they want to provoke a response and they don't seem to care the slightest bit that it is the children and the women and the civilians who bear the brunt of all of this," he told a news conference in Geneva. Some 63 people, mainly civilians, have died and at least 165 have been wounded.”

Using Israel’s logic…if I were mugged in Central Park, then I have every right to destroy City Hall because those “in charge” didn’t prevent it from happening. Huh?