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Originally posted by Daniel Haar:
Lo,
All this proves is that, while Hezbollah values two dead Israelis less than or equal to 400 live Arabs, Israel values the 400 live Arabs less than or equal to the two dead Israelis. If anything, it is Israel's values that could be questioned here.
- Daniel
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Why? Mostly all it shows is that in 2004 Hezbollah couldn't allow a measly two soldiers to remain breathing - while Israel kept 400 of their prisoners alive.
Reads like compassion and respect and a healthy regard for (and understanding of) the rules of The Geneva Convention to me.
The "value" shown here is that Israel allows it's prisoners of war to live - and Hezbollah doesn't. If Israel truly "devalued" life, especially the lives of their self-professed "Arab" enemies as you put it, it would have killed the 400, not released them.
Seems pretty simple to me.
Lo
P.S. I put "Arab" in quotes because I disagree with you on this one, Daniel. Israel is not fighting "Arabs" in general, they are fighting Hezbollah in specific.
[This message has been edited by Lo (edited August 10, 2006).]