A question for those who support Israel's action against Lebanon?

Question

If you consider Israel's current action against Lebanon justified, tell me, would you have supported the United Kingdom if it had bombed Irish communities every time the provisional IRA killed British soldiers or bombed civilian targets (shopping centres etc...) on the UK mainland?

If not, why not? What's the difference?

No, the IRA couldn't launch missiles at London, they didn't have to - they had an effective bombing campaign instead (and not just London, and not just military/political targets).

Please don't confuse the British establishment with the Loyalist paramilitaries. There were terrorists on both sides and believe or not the British Army were peacekeepers taking flak from both sides.

Answer 1

They are God's chosen people!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Nothing is going to change that no matter how much you belly ache about it.

Answer 2

One difference is that the Irish govt. themselves were searching for and arresting members of the IRA. Lebanon is doing nothing. Whether they do not want to or cannot do anything, I do not know the answer to that. I do know that Israel has equipment sophisticated enough to pinpoint the location of where a Hezbollah rocket would been launched from and have been bombing primarily those targets. Of course, the only target we here about getting hit are those that make for exciting news. Also, let's not forget that Israel's actions were a RETALIATION. Israel has made so many concessions to the Palestinians and other factions and every time they turn their back, they need to dodge another knife.

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Answer 3

That does Israel what to happen to stop the fighting?

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday that the fighting in Lebanon would end when two Israeli soldiers were freed, rocket attacks stopped and the Lebanese army deployed along the border.

Read that again slower. What does the Lebanese army need to do?
Move to there border.

Israel is not at war with Lebanon , but with Hezbollah.


By the way the Brits did bomb and hit IRA back. One time they even open fire on women and children.
Look up the Orange Order, They are much like the KKK in the US but they hate the Irish.

Answer 4

Do you think they're not?

Israel has had to put up with quite a bit since it was established. I think they're fine in returning the favor that was given to them by Hezbollah (synonymous with Lebanese).

If the Hezbollah feel that it's okay to come across Israel's border and capture soldiers, then launch rockets into civilian towns in Israel, I think Israel has every right to retaliate in exactly the same way. An eye for an eye, you know?

You have to understand that Israel deals with a lot more than the UK, US, or just about any other country could ever imagine. Suicide bombings are a daily occurance and I that really puts things into perspective. It's not like they got attacked once and are lashing back with extreme force. They've been poked one too many times and now they're really doing something about it.

I feel that Israel is reacting within reason for what was done to them. So far I haven't heard of them doing anything to Lebanon that wasn't already done by the Hezbollah earlier this week. So they took out some runways in an airport and leveled the Hezbollah main office, at least they're not running into busses and blowing themselves up.

Answer 5

The Israeli's have always had threats of attack from numerous country's in the Middle East...their people have alway's suffered...WW11..
Hezbollah is supported by country's such as Iran and now probably Syria , a few months back Iran threatened Israel after a terrorist group called Homas (i think) were voted in.
Hezbollah has attacked Israel by kidnapping their soldier's...Israel have retaliated ...
If i recall when we were being attacked by the IRA i remember seeing on live TV, the murder of 2 soldier's in Belfast, they were ripped to bit's in front of the tv camera's, helicopters hovering above but nothing could be done....at the time i was so angry and upset that our army could not go in and kill the people that were involved.

In Iraq again 2 soldiers were kidnapped by terrorists held up in a house somewhere, but this time they were saved by the British army.

The point i am trying to make is Britain and Northern Ireland kept on talking and after years of terror on both side's, finally managed to secure peace.
I don't think that will happen in this war. The terrorists have a foothold and they will not talk peace...they all hate the Israeli's end of story , and Israel knows only too well.

Answer 6

England was in Northern Ireland, the Irish did not have the power to send missiles into England. Israel is not in the Gaza
or Lebanon. They did what the world asked (land for peace, they should have looked at the Native Americans, it does not work) now they are experiencing what they thought would happen, there being bombed from Gaza and Southern Lebanon.
When did the Irish want the total destruction of the United Kingdom?

Answer 7

I lost a great friend at Warren Point just doing his job. I am sure if the British government at the time had known the hideouts of arms they may have done the same. It is true the Israelis have gone overboard but each must protect their people the best they can Have no doubt Blair would have let the terrorists bomb us then given them a house to live in. It is sad but until the soldiers were taken both sides lived in reasonable peace.

Answer 8

A couple of answers to your question.

First, its amazing how religious obnoxiousness is kind of all over the world, eh?

I think that, not withstanding the last week with Lebanon, the Israelis and the British employed largely similar tactics. They'd try to find and kill leaders of these groups... and knock out the infrastructure/weapons caches/whatever they had.

It seems to me that the two situations are quite a bit different. The catholics and protestants weren't so much anti British... as they wanted to kill each other without British supervision. If Britain would have just left Northern Ireland that would have been the end of it. Hezbollah is a different deal. How many years would anyone put up with rockets being fired across the border to kill people... "zionists".. because they are opposed to the country's existence? And this nonsense about "proportional response"... ok ok... you killed a couple of our people, we'll kill a couple of yours... I think that kicking the living crap out of Hezbollah is a long time coming.

Answer 9

Dear Rust Bunny that is a damn fair question, but the U.K. was not fighting for it's life against the ira . Although once apron a time the carpet bombing of Ireland seemed a bloody good idea to me.
Israel has the RIGHT to protect its self. I feel that there will be a confrontation between Muslim nutters and Chritian idiots and unfortunatly the rest of us poor sods will get draged into the confrontation. The shelters are that way.

Answer 10

Israels action is against Hezbollah, a group the has murdered hundreds of people, and who has taken over a good part of Lebanon as a military area for themselves, not against the country of Lebanon.

Hezbollah has killed hundreds of Americans too, they are proxies for Iran, and are a group dedicated to destroying Israel and the West in general.

Your trying to equate the IRA and muslim terrorist organizations than you got a long way to go.

The UK did what they thought was best with the IRA, a combination of military, police and talks have more or less resolved things. muslims dont want resolution - they want destruction and death.

Answer 11

The difference is the Irish government, unlike the Lebanese, were co-operating with the British on anti-terrorist measures.