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Originally Posted by tw
That might be true. Having missed their targets, Israel managed to strike ten cities in Lebanon's most northern province of Akkar. Clearly that was not indiscriminate.
Trying to take out rockets that could not be seen and that could be anywhere within a five mile attack area - that too is not indiscriminate. Clearly they were targeting a rocket launcher somewhere within five miles. A field of cluster bombs spread out within that area was definitely targeting the launcher. A launcher that pilots could not see but must have been targeting all the way to Akkar.
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Mentioning Akkar over and over makes it no less wrong and no less of a red herring. Hezbollah operate all across the country.
I never said that Israel's tactics were right or well-executed. However, they
try to hit their targets, which are Hezbollah weapons or bases, people fighting against them, trying to kill them. You can't say the same for Hezbollah, whose targets are simply any Israeli anywhere. Hezbollah didn't fire the rockets at Israeli bases or convoys or troops, they fired them at cities.
Of course, Israel struck cities too, right?
The difference: Hezbollah HIDES in the cities, surrounding themselves with civillians so that people like YOU go "look! Israel are bad guys, not hezbollah! theyre killing civillians!" Israel DOES kill civillians. They do NOT
target civillians.
Lets say I shoot at you and your friends, killing a couple and wounding a couple more, then I grab an innocent bystander and hold him in front of me as a meatshield. How much could YOU be faulted for hitting him, and how much would be MY fault?