8.07.2006

On the Middle-East Conflict

"Both Hezbollah and the Israelis kill innocent civilians. That is the nature of war. But Hezbollah does it as a matter of deliberate and avowed policy. That is the nature of Islamo-fascism. Israel does not affirm it as their goal, just the reverse. In other words, when Hezbollah fires a rocket at Israel, if they happen to kill any soldiers, it is entirely accidental. When Israel bombards a position in Lebanon and kills civilians, it is an accident. And that is all you need to know. There is no moral equivalence here.

"Even if your view of Israel is entirely cynical, and you believe that they are deliberately targeting civilians, and hypocritically dropping leaflets warning civilians for pr reasons, etc., this still makes the point. The world expects Israel to behave as a Western power. The world expects Hezbollah to behave as an Islamo-fascist band of thugs. And both of them conform to the stated expectations. And with regard to who we should pull for in the current hostilities, this is all we need to know."


Douglas Wilson

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