Lebanon fires rockets into Israel
January 8, 2009 by Dusty
Sweet-Jaysus-in-a-speedo….the shit has not only hit the fan, its getting knee-deep. From Reuters:
Israel pressed its offensive against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip on Thursday amid sharp Red Cross criticism that it was delaying access to casualties.
A rocket salvo from Lebanon slightly wounded two people in northern Israel and briefly raised fears that Hezbollah fighters were opening a second front to relieve pressure on Gaza. But an Israeli cabinet minister blamed Palestinian groups in Lebanon.
This isn’t going away any time soon. It will only get worse. Keep in mind that very few Israeli’s have been killed while over 700 Palestinians are dead from this pissing contest. Again from Reuters:
Eleven Israelis have died in the past 13 days, eight of them soldiers, including four killed by “friendly” fire.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said its officials and Palestinian ambulance workers had found four starving children huddled with at least 12 corpses in Gaza in a house 80 meters from an Israeli military position.
Among the dead in the house, found lying on mattresses, were the children’s mothers, the ICRC said.
In nearby houses in Gaza’s devastated Zeitoun neighborhood, the team found another three corpses and 15 survivors, including several who were wounded, the Geneva-based agency said.
It is so hard to wrap my mind around this carnage. It makes me weep. Israel is creating orphans at an alarming rate, they are using a wrecking ball when a hammer will do the job.
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This is horrible news, because Israel is sure to overreact.
The US had better stay out of this, war participation wise.
Forge talks & negotiations, don’t jump into the war frey.
Now the idea of Hillary as Sec. of State is really freaking me out.
Let’s just say she’s no Gandhi.
And she has publicly stated her pro Israel stance.
We need true leaders who embrace non violence.
Of course it’s black humor, but I have to laugh when people say Israel “overreacts” and they use “disproportionate” force. Yeah, Israel should only fire rockets of the same size and number back. Or better yet, they should just “turn the cheek” and learn to enjoy them as some sort of daily Russian Roulette.
Join me in the realization that the whole situation in the region is hopeless.
That’s OK; I know you can’t…
don’t worry- as soon as israel cleanses gaza and the west bank- and all jewish settlers can move in- there won’t be anymore bloodshed. they simply want the land that the palestinians are sitting on. little worry that they simply have to kill each and every palestinian to do that- america will kindly provide every rocket and tank and gun to do so.