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Originally Posted by Lenny2
GO FUCK YOURSELF 
Israel has every right to defend itself from terrorists so quit all your fucking boo-hooing over the collateral damage.
Do you think Hezbollah gives a flying fuck if their rockets kill Israeli civilians?
Let the Jews kick the shit out of these dumb ass towel heads once and for all and get it over with. |
You are giving two rather odd arguments here.
The second goes like this: "If an evil, fundamentalist, terrorist organization kills innocent civilians, it is ok for Israel to copy the behaviour that makes the organization in question evil, fundamentalist terrorists."
I don't think I even have to point out why that line of argument doesn't exactly work.
The first is simpler, and more interesting: "Israel has the right to defend itself."
Indeed, it does. However, only with proportionate actions. Furthermore, right now, Israel is not just defending itself. It clearly is not interested in a cease-fire at this point, and in fact wants to win this conflict completely. While that may be a rational position, it does mean that Israel is in fact not merely defending itself, but is on the offensive, choosing an aggressive role in this conflict. That changes things, a lot, because it gives Israel the full responsibility for any consequences their strategy has.