Bolton Makes Moral Distinction Between Israeli Civilian Deaths and Lebanese Civilian Deaths

Bolton says Lebanon civilian deaths morally not same as terror victims.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060717/pl_afp/mideastconflictlebanon_060717204728

Url is corrected. Works now. Thanks, Ann.

Note from Ann: The link isn't working. Let's try clicking on the title./Link ok now

It works, at least for now. If you can't access it, Alternet has much the same story.



So, Lebanese (Arab) attacks on Israel are all terror attacks. Israeli attacks on Arabs are all self defense.

Crapola!! It is a fact that Jews have since historical times been persecuted, attacked, slaughtered, and in general abused. Everyone with any humanitarianism in them sympathizes with them and deplores their mistreatment. But let us never forget: Jews are human beings, not saints, and they are as subject to human error and faults as anyone else. In the thousands of years the Jews and Arabs have been enemies, there is plenty of fault finding to go around on both sides.

Since the powers that be established a country for the Jews after the War, settled them in a part of their ancient homeland, the Jews (Israelis) and the Arabs have been at each other's throats.
The Jews had been away from that homeland for thousands of years; the Palestinians had lived in those lands for an equal number of years. They had cities, towns, hamlets, olive orchards, grape vineyards, everything a people build up in a homeland.

They had lived in that area many, many times over the length of time we Americans have lived in the United States. Yet suddenly their land is arbitrarily given away to another people. They were forced to flee to refugee camps in neighboring nations. And we wonder why we had (have) a Palestinian problem. Why did those bad old Palestinians keep attacking poor little Israel . Well, if some super powers came in and gave America back to the Indians and we were dispossessed of our homes and businesses, driven out to Canada or Mexico to live in refugee tents, would you just smile and suck it up?

The Israelis were not without fault. An example: they entered the little Palestinian town of Nablus with bulldozers and proceeded to bull doze down olive orchards and grape vineyards, homes, businesses, schools, everything while the Palestinians scrambled to snatch as much of their possessions as they could ahead of the destroyers and flee. The Israelis wanted to build homes and businesses for Jewish settlers. This practise was repeated throughout Israel. time and time again.

Arab nations rose against them; they fought wars and numerous hostile engagements. Conflict has continued to this day, with enough wrongdoing on each side to satisfy even the most blood thirsty.

But don't think the Israelis are the poor martyrs abused by the mean ole Arabs. Both are blood guilty. And in any such conflicts, the real victims are the civilians on each side. Governments start and carry on wars. Civilians die. Religious and political groups practise terrorism. Civilians die. Just as in America the majority of civilians just want to earn a living, rear their families, have a life, so do the peoples of Israel and Arab countries. They are the true victims of religious/political violence.

And blast Bolton's eyes, the deaths of one race are no more morally right than the deaths of another race. Deaths of the innocent are ALL morally wrong!!