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August 21, 2006
Opinion: Calls for "Proportionate Response" are not Themselves Proportionate
Alamgir Hussain of Islam Watch,discusses the true nature of the calls for Israel to restrain itself to a "proportionate response." That particularly vicious canard is part of the larger ideology which seeks to establish "perpetual peace" by punishing countries morally tainted--that is, Western countries such as Israel--to the benefit of the "poor, and oppressed peoples of the world", which in its worldview cannot help but lash out at their oppression. Oddly enough, those "poor, oppressed people" are not usually poor, but usually followers of the mass-murdering warlord Muhammad: Proportionate Response - Kofi Annan's Jihadi Formula for Israel's Destruction
Hezbollah's provocative cross-border attack of an Israeli military outpost killing three soldiers and abducting two others was responded by Israel with extensive bombings of Lebanon. Israel claimed the bombing was targeted at Hezbollah guerrillas and their military infrastructures, including its strategic guerrilla outposts, rocket launchers, underground bunkers and weapon warehouses. As Hezbollah operates from amongst the civilian areas, Israel's massive bombing naturally resulted in nearly 700-800 civilian deaths, according to Lebanese claim whilst Israel claimed to have killed about 530 Hezbollah militants.These civilian deaths raised a deafening outcry in the media and Israel was severely condemned by foreign governments and numerous international organizations with the UN and Human Rights groups taking the lead. UN secretary general Kofi Annan demanded that 'Israel's disproportionate use of force and collective punishment of the Lebanese people must stop.' [1]. He claimed that Israel has "committed grave breaches of international humanitarian law" and "has caused, and is causing, death and suffering on a wholly unacceptable scale." All major UN officials [1], France and Russia [2], European Union and a whole host of human rights organizations joined voice with Mr. Annan to condemn Israel's allegedly excessive force. Mr. Annan further claimed Israel's bombing was deliberate targeting of non-military personnel and infrastructures such as airports [3] and urged the UNSC to condemn the Israeli response [4]. Human rights groups, too, termed Israel's Lebanon bombing 'indiscriminate' [5] and deliberately targeted civilians [6] and went on to threaten Israel to bring to criminal court for war crime [7].[...]
Posted by Ruy Diaz at August 21, 2006 12:33 PM
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