Israel's War with Hezbollah

Israel released classified documents today, showing that Hezbollah intentionally hid with its civilians, who were supportive of their attacks and willingly allowed them inside their homes and schools. The videos, described here, includes clips of civilian cars carrying white flags (indicated they are not fighters) driving into populated areas, as well as interviews with three captured Hezbollah fighters who said, upon interrogation, that the Hezbollah purposefully used their civilians as human shields. In two instances, the Hezbollah fighters didn't allow the Lebanese civilians to flee. Also released was proof that the same tactics are used in the Gaza Strip and in Iraq. When a combative group purposefully attacks from within civilian areas, especially when the civilians assist them, that is a violation of war crimes that allows Israel to attack.

The war were assailed by various human rights groups and ultra liberal organizations, while applauded by the right. That's not something I like to see. Even we need to recognize that Israel is only a 50 year old government practically the size of Rhode Island that has had numerous peace treaties that they have never broken first. And that although we are against all war, there are some wars that are not as easy to explain as "Israel killed more people, thus they are the evil." Israel attacked Hezbollah targets - sometimes they missed, but they attacked viable targets. Hezbollah sent bombs into the air with no specific target. There is a strong difference of morals, and for the left wing to be respected on political issues, we need to show the rest of the country that although we are anti-war, we are not quick to judge other countries' military strategy. Especially when I hear the my own people saying that Israel is to blame, not Hezbollah - a known terrorist organization. All it does is feed Republican "Democrats support terrorism" propaganda.

This post isn't funny, sorry.