Can anyone justify what Israel is doing to the civilians in Lebanon?

Question

Would Israel be as strong if USA would stop supporting state sponsored terorist state?

Answer 1

Cricket I like your analogy.

US does not sponsor state sponsored terrorist states as you put it. We might not always do it the right way, but our goals are to stop the murdering terrorists like Hezbollah.

Answer 2

It's an odd question, that, in itself defies anyone to justify what's happening. It's Israel's stand that if the government of Lebanon wanted to, they could disarm the Hezbollah organization and prevent them from attacking Israel from inside Lebanon's borders. Hezbollah sets up shop among civilians intentionally to draw the wrath of the Israeli military down upon these populations so they can point the finger at the evil Jewish empire because they kill civilians. On the other side of the coin, Hezbollah argues that the citizens of their enemy are indeed the same as the military of the enemy and are fair game, so they lob explosives at Israeli cities from inside a country that either won't or can't stop them. The government of Lebanon is constructed in such a way that representation exists for many factions that exist inside Lebanon. It's shaky at best, but tries very hard to work. Israel doesn't believe they do enough to hinder Hezbollah, and that they allow weapons to be shipped to Hezbollah freely. What's the answer? It's incredibly difficult to say. I won't pretend that this could all go away with the wave of a hand, and I won't honor your last comment with a response. I hope you find an answer and the problems can be worked out as non violently as possible.

Good Luck

Answer 3

Yes.

1. The HezBULLies started it.
2. The HezBULLies hide among the civilians in Lebanon.
3. The HezBULLies store weapons in civilian homes.
4. The HezBULLies refuse to let civilians leave the area.
5. The HezBULLies refuse to acknowledge Israel's right to exist.
6. Israel drops leaflets to warn civilians to get out of the way (see 4 above)
7. Israel does not target get civilians or UN troop deliberately.
8. The HezBULLies deliberately target civilian populations.
9. The UN charter says that any country has a right to defend itself against aggression.
10. The UN GA resolution 181 calls for establishment of Israel as a country.

Is that enough? I could give you more, but you would have to take your shoes off you count them. You do wear shoes, don't you?

Answer 4

The only justification is that Israel is trying to takeover Lebanon as this is a little part from it`s bigger plan "from the Nile to Forat".
and for sure Israel would`ve been nothing without the support of USA and it`s allies,for example all the military tech and the arsenal is American,and Israel would`ve vanished except for USA`s aid and that i can guarantee,but why does USA stand behind Israel?this is because the Jews control USA!!

Answer 5

Why should civilians be insolated from war?

In Lebanon, Hezbollah enjoys membership in the government and has support of many locals – I've heard dozens interviewed on news clips, including NPR.
In the pseudo state of Palestine, the popular vote went to HAMAS – they own the government.

The modern altruist rules of engagement: (1) proportional death on both sides, (2) sacrifice your own soldiers, (3) discriminate between militants & civilians whilst firing from tanks & planes, risking your own men, and doing it when you don't necessarily have the technology of the US precision munitions, (4) have some overarching mission [democracy, freeing the people...] that justifies your own defense, and (5) never actually declare war; are as suicidal in practice as you would expect in theory.

Shouldn't war, once it [unfortunately] comes to that, be all out fight to win, decisively & swiftly?

Answer 6

Israel did not start this. They were behind a UN recognized border minding their own business when the rockets started falling.

Hezbollah (sp?) started the war. They hide their weapons and launchers in civilian areas. They aim to hit civilian populations that have no embedded military assets.

They have 13,000 rockets to fire at civilians. Israel has a right to disarm them.

Answer 7

YES, it's not Israel its hezbollah, they think if they can get civilians killed, all the world will turn against Israel, and the USA.
Like President Bush said" hezbollah needs to quit doing that ****."

Answer 8

Of Course not! However, neither can the Hezbollah tactic of using human shields, escape equal condemnation.

Without USA, Israel would be reduced to a middle-east 'equal'.

Answer 9

If the enemy launches attacks from civilians, then civilians will die. I will copy & paste this into every argument about Israelis killing civilians from now on.

I will use mathematics to convey the message.
Terrorist + Civilian Cover = Attack
Bomb + Terrorist + Civilian Cover = Dead Terrorist and Civilian Cover.

Bomb wins.
Civilians and terrorists lose.

Answer 10

Israel is a wanna bee superpower,yes without u,s,a Israel would be dead 10000 times over.yes i can justify what Israel is doing to the poor civilians,they are attempting to use u,s,a,battle tactic ks,air strikes etc,but it ant working for them,and they cant stop now ,not if they want to keep their borders,what do you want a apology like u,s,a would give? well they ant the u,s,a..