At the Huffington Post Martin Lewis hits the bulls eye:
The English have claimed that they are merely retaliating against the V-1 flying bombs being launched indiscriminately by Nazis at their civilian population in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Coventry and other cities. The English point out that their enemy is sworn to its utter destruction and has used the missiles and flying bombs against its civilians without any regard to English loss of life. Moreover it makes the case that their own bombing missions are specifically directed to military targets that the German army has intentionally planted in the heart of civilian populations to try and deter English counter-attacks.
These points may of course be true – but they are utterly besides the point.
Of course England has a right to exist. Of course England has a right to defend itself. But it should ensure that its responses are PROPORTIONATE.
Since many more Germans are dying than English – the English should either tone down the success and accuracy of their bombing – or allow the Germans to catch up on the death count.
Read it all and the comments. via Israellycool guest poster Brian.
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Sadly, this reality is ignored by too many people for what is considered political convenience. I’m not sure what our president-to-be will do regarding this situation, assuming in fact he does anything. His record in the Illinois State Senate and Senate show either an extremely liberal record or a complete lack of record whatsoever.
I know this, if Israel ends up on their own, they will not hold back on ANY option.
This is a spot where I suspect the president elect will be more Chester Arthur than Jimmy Carter, but it will be moot since in 15 days it will be his problem to deal with.
I’m actually curious what background moves the Obama team is now making. A wise administration would be preparing their moves so on the 21st or 22nd they would have some kind of plan on action.