Dan, you keep harping on about how terrible the rest of the world is. I don't see anyone disputing this, so it seems a rather pointless comparison. OF COURSE Israel isn't the worst aggressor. The US invasion of Iraq is far more aggressive (AND promulgated on glaringly obvious lies). Or there are China's horrific repressions in Tibet. Again, and for the record, I don't think Israelis need to live up to anyone's silly ideal of some saintly promised land, and I do understand that they are under threat much of the time. This I can sympathise with. Were Israelis getting as relentlessly pummeled as the Lebanese I would be AS appalled on their behalf also, no more, no less. But as Fisk has said, if such a thing were happening we would probably be witnessing World War Three, or something very close to in anyway.
BTW Dan, I salute you for your work in pro-peace Jewish groups. That's likely far more than I've ever done.
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