The killing by the Israelis of four UN observers, Austrian, Canadian, Finnish and Chinese represents four equal tragic deaths. However, with China's increasing world power I reckon Israel have got more than they can cope with if they have made enemies of the Chinese, albeit the Chinese like the Israelis are desperately worried about the threat of Islamic extremists within their population.
Whatever you think of the Israeli objectives, I do not see how their current action in Lebanon can do them anything but harm. You cannot defeat a terrorist organisation by bombing and invading a country which is not even their home base. What happened to winning hearts and minds?
2006-07-27
02:12:59
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Philosophical Fred
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