One Question Morris. If there were hizbollah fighters hiding among those civilians in Qana how come the 60 dead are children, women and the elderly and not a single hizbollah fighter killed in that air strike?
Even if no Hezbollah fighter was killed in that airstrike, and there's no way of 100% proving it, that doesn't mean Hezbollah wasn't using the area to fire missiles. Also, Hezbollah uses residential buildings and mosques to store their missiles, launchers and other weaponry, intentionally making military targets out of noncombatant zones (we've seen the same tactics in Iraq and Afghanistan).
infact they did not find a single piece of evidence indicating that any kind of hizbollah activity was going on in that area, no rockets, no launchers and fighters, just civilians = fact
That's not a fact. The IDF claims dozens of rockets were fired from Qana. We'll see what the probe says.
Also Isreal does not care about civilians whatsoever, They'd bomb that area regardless of civilians or not,
If Israel didn't care about civilians, why drop leaflets and announce over loud speakers telling civilians to flee the towns before they're attacked? Israel dampened the possible effectiveness of its operations to allow civilians to get out.
Civilians have had several days to get out of southern Lebanon. If Israel wanted to indiscriminately slaughter civilians (and how does that make sense anyway because they're fighting Hezbollah, not the Lebanese?), how would there be an average of 30 casualties a day when an estimated 750,000 are refugees? Also, with a death toll set at 600-700, Hezbollah claims it's lost 35 fighers and Israel claims it's killed over 200 Hezbollah fighters. If you want to believe Hezbollah's count, go ahead, but I don't.
Why on Earth would hizbollah hide among them knowing israel would strike them anyway? Whats the point?
We've been over this several times. Hezbollah knows that, even though they're responsible by law for damage done to human shields, the blame will be placed on Israel by most of the world (and most of the people in here). Thus, the best way to stop the Israeli offensive is to ensure as many civilian casualties as possible until the international community steps in and forces Israel to halt. We already saw the strike on Qana force Israel to halt attacks for a few hours.
Most guerrila forces use the civilian population like this, for a reason. It's their most effective tactic.
Not really. The bomb still came from under an Israeli airplane wing, didn't it? Just because Hezbollah are dishonourable doesn't mean the IDF is promptly cleared of all responsibility.
Do you think a target can no longer be considered a military target if there's a noncombatant there? If Israel bombs a building storing missiles or launchers or launch pads, and there's a noncombatant in the building, is it irresponsible? Is it irresponsible if there are 5 noncombatants? 10? At what point do you consider it irresponsible?
And if you consider all of the above irresponsible, how exactly should Israel being fighting Hezbollah when Hezbollah is intentionally hiding behind civilians?
If Israeli civilians are being targeted and maimed by rockets being launched from a residential zone in Lebanon, it's Israel's
responsibility to stop the rocket fire and protect its citizens.
One more thing, Fact is, Isreal could invade Lebanon with ground forces and attempt to degrade or eliminate hizbollah with very little Lebanese civilian casualties, however, that strategy will result in high Israeli military casualties, which Israel is not willing to suffer.
Israel has used ground forces going house to house along the border villages to try to uproot Hezbollah. They have suffered dozens of casualties, when the most effective military method would have been to absolutely level the entire village from the air and suffer no casualties. Most countries would be outraged if their military unnecessarily incurred casualties on their side to minimize casualties on the other side.
Instead this time they randomly bomb targets reducing half the country to rubble in hopes of catching a few bad guys along with hundreds of civilians and displacing nearly a milling lebanese.
For all this talk about leveling the country, the fact is that the attacks on Beirut have only been to about 10% of the city.
If the Israelis were concerned about civilians then they would conduct more ground assualts on Hezbollah strongholds instead of blindly bombing the shit out of a country that many people claim to be the most beautiful country in the world.
Ground assaults do not automatically end civilian casualties. Especially if the reports about Hezbollah stopping people from fleeing is true. And it's the IDF's responsibility to protect its own people, including their own soldiers.
I'll probably reply to every post you make.
