Sociology Talk

samson · Guest

War kills. People die in wars. Soldiers get captured in wars.

All of the above are facts… no one can dispute them. In the last war
in Lebanon, Israel came out the loser as far as the government was
concerned. Over one thousand Lebanese people lost their lives in that
war, a majority of which were innocent civilians. Forty four Israeli
civilians were killed. The Olmert administration was scolded for not
handling the war properly…. WTH is that supposed to mean? See section
12 of this linked report… in reality, the report is totally unfair
towards Israel as it does not mention the role played by the Bush
administration. It is they that supplied the ammunition and WMD’s that
are still being found in Lebanon today in the form of cluster bombs.

The war began on 12 July, when Israel launched waves of air strikes on
Lebanon after Hezbollah killed three soldiers and captured two more on
the northern border. (A further five troops were killed by a land mine
when their tank crossed into Lebanon in hot pursuit.) Hezbollah had
long been warning that it would seize soldiers if it had the chance,
in an effort to push Israel into a prisoner exchange. Israel has been
holding a handful of Lebanese prisoners since it withdrew from its two-
decade occupation of south Lebanon in 2000.
Today, two years later, that prisoner exchange took place. Today, two
Israeli soldiers that have been dead for two years were killed again
by the zionist machine, again making Israel appear to be the victim.
The world joins in the mourning process giving legitimacy to Israel’s
‘pity game’.

The Western press reports on the five Lebanese prisoners that were
exchanged for the two dead Israel soldiers.

The Israeli government apparently has no feelings whatsoever for the
families of the dead soldiers. I cannot believe that they did not know
they were both killed in the first days of the war two years ago. They
are more concerned about their image as the eternal victim, again
demonstrating the racism integral with zionism that two dead Jews are
worth more than five live Arabs.

Israel has a 60 year history of war crimes. It’s time for the world to
see this as fact and to stop pitying them. Pity should go to the
victims, not the aggressor.

count zero · Guest

Palestine is playing the victim more than Israel.