Reply #15: Well, I still invite you to show me where any aggrieved . . [View All]

[msmcghee]

. . family of a Hizbullah fighter or Lebanese civilian killed in the Israeli attempts to stop Hizbullah from killing Israeli citizens - has filed an actual war crimes complaint against Israel.

Your accusation was that war crimes have been committed by Israel. I challenged you to back that up. You failed.

You should understand that a war crime is an act of aggression against others or purposely targeting innocent civilians. Defending against an act of aggression is not a war crime unless you can show that they purposely targeted civilians.

The reason that no-one has filed such a complaint is because the whole world knows from the UN report that Hizbullah is the aggressor and Israel is the defender. They would be laughed out of the UN for trying such a stunt.

According to the Geneva conventions, Israel has a right to attack any targets that are associated with supporting the Hizbullah unprovoked attacks on Israel. That even includes hospitals and ambulances if they are being used to support the attackers in some way.

I saw an Israeli video that showed Hizbullah fighters fire a barrage of missiles and then escape from the residential area in two red cross ambulances. I'll dig up the link to that and post it here.

You show me evidence that Israel is purposely targeting civilians. I assure you if there was any it would be all over the internet and highlighted on every news program.

Note: The underlying myopia of many on the far left - including many here at DU - to fail to recognize the difference between an unprovoked attack on the one hand - and defense from an unprovoked attack on the other - can destroy Dems chances in 2008 if this takes hold in larger numbers. I encourage you to think about what you are doing. Dems have always been the champion of what is good, right and fair in the world. For the peace - against the bullies of the world. That's why almost all Dem pols are supporting Israel unequivocally on this issue. Think about it.