another screw up
i'm on a rollllllllll. i had planned on taking my org behavior quiz when i came back from the uk so i could watch all the lectures, then take the quiz. i remembered the quiz at 0148 last night (this morning), but it closes at midnight, so that's a big, fat zero in the gradebook.
on another note, i try not to be biased, but i really don't understand the anti-israel sentiment with respect to what is happening in lebanon. the crux of the argument seems to revolve around the fact that israel's response has been disproportionate to hezbollah's. so, hezbollah attacked and kidnapped several soldiers. israel mounted a military campaign that has displaced and killed civilians in retaliation. hezbollah launches 100-200 rockets a day at israeli cities with indiscriminate intent. the difference, i don't think the israeli military is hiding in civilian areas. and guess what, a pseudo-official paramilitary force with political representation that attacks another country, that's called war. and guess what happens in war, some people are accidentally killed-- does anybody really believe that the IDF would kill UN forces intentionally? there is absolutely no benefit. however, it does seem very likely that with the confusion of military operations that it might happen by accident. look at us, we accidentally bombed the chinese embassy in bosnia and we weren't engaged in a high-level conflict; we just made a mistake. as for the civilians being displaced, what do you expect? you're attacking a country, how else do you propose you implement your objectives? they're fighting an enemy that has used the red cross and crescent to transport weapons and soldiers-- are you surprised they're paranoid about vetting the aid supplies? incidentally, i don't recall the israeli mission being to "kill all arabs and eradicate lebanon", whereas, ironically enough, isn't hezbollah's mission the "destruction of the jewish/zionist state"? hmm... i know i have always found a way to reason with genocide. it's very easy to get swept up in this che guevara populist feeling, but the reality is that i think one side really just wants to be left alone, something that hasn't happened since 1948.
--brio
on another note, i try not to be biased, but i really don't understand the anti-israel sentiment with respect to what is happening in lebanon. the crux of the argument seems to revolve around the fact that israel's response has been disproportionate to hezbollah's. so, hezbollah attacked and kidnapped several soldiers. israel mounted a military campaign that has displaced and killed civilians in retaliation. hezbollah launches 100-200 rockets a day at israeli cities with indiscriminate intent. the difference, i don't think the israeli military is hiding in civilian areas. and guess what, a pseudo-official paramilitary force with political representation that attacks another country, that's called war. and guess what happens in war, some people are accidentally killed-- does anybody really believe that the IDF would kill UN forces intentionally? there is absolutely no benefit. however, it does seem very likely that with the confusion of military operations that it might happen by accident. look at us, we accidentally bombed the chinese embassy in bosnia and we weren't engaged in a high-level conflict; we just made a mistake. as for the civilians being displaced, what do you expect? you're attacking a country, how else do you propose you implement your objectives? they're fighting an enemy that has used the red cross and crescent to transport weapons and soldiers-- are you surprised they're paranoid about vetting the aid supplies? incidentally, i don't recall the israeli mission being to "kill all arabs and eradicate lebanon", whereas, ironically enough, isn't hezbollah's mission the "destruction of the jewish/zionist state"? hmm... i know i have always found a way to reason with genocide. it's very easy to get swept up in this che guevara populist feeling, but the reality is that i think one side really just wants to be left alone, something that hasn't happened since 1948.
--brio
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