Reply #58: I'll put on my flame-proof shield now: [View All]

[LWolf]

I don't think there is any excuse for Democrats to pretend that Israel is "the good guy" in this conflict.

Is it not true that Israel already holds thousands of Palestinians? Yet it's ok to attack because the country of those you've taken hostage takes one of yours?

Is it not true that the current mess started with the Israelis shelling a beach in Gaza, killing Palestinian civilians?

Most of the U.S. didn't want to see the underlying agenda of the current Iraq occupation. I believe that it is just as true for this situation; why not provoke the situation, then use a captured hostage to destroy a democratically elected government that you don't like?

One doesn't have to side with Hezbolla to see the writing on the wall, and to know that they are merely a pawn in the current action.

It has nothing to do with "defense," and Democrats supporting Israel in this conflict is no more excusable, imo, than supporting GWB in Iraq.