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2002-07-23 Middle East

Airstrike kills Hamas military leader, 14 others

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-07-23 09:36 am|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sorry, I almost forgot that the moral high ground in the war on terror requires killing little kids with no remorse and saving fetuses instead. I'm really looking forward to more self-righeous Israeli lectures about what scumbags we are over here for not spending our every waking hour denouncing suicide bombing. Killing this one Hamas commander is going to make everything suddenly OK? If this operation is supposed to turn into some sort of path to peace, I'd suggest passing out a few roadmaps ASAP.

Posted by Medusa 2002-07-23 20:22:12|| 2002-07-23 20:22:12|| Front Page Top

#2 There's no moral high ground involved. Killing women and children is a bad thing, no matter who does it. Sometimes it happens by accident and sometimes it's intentional. When it's by accident it's regrettable; when it's intentional it's a crime. All things not being black or white, there's a murky area in the middle, where you're not targeting non-combatants, but if they're in the way that's tough luck. The willingness of a commander to take the chance depends on the value of the target he's hitting - does it justify the risk to innocent bystanders? In this case, the target was the enemy commander, not even just a high-ranking official.

I don't know where the part about saving fetuses came in. Nobody involved is having an abortion, and nobody expressed an opinion on the subject. Only a monster kills kids - kills anyone, for that matter - with no remorse; that doesn't mean people, to include kids, never get killed.

Killing this one Hamas commander isn't going to make everything okay, but killing this one Hamas commander goes further toward weakening Hamas militarily than capturing or bumping off dozens of the local bigwigs who're usually rounded up or zapped. It's not a path to peace - it's an engagement in a war.

Nice troll, though.

Posted by Fred 2002-07-23 21:19:34|| 2002-07-23 21:19:34|| Front Page Top

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