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Is this propoganda? I have never seen an image of a hezbollah fighter wearing a coat of women or children. If they are preventing innocents to leave - why is Israel still bombing them in the full knowledge that women and children are a target?

2006-08-07 05:24:46 · 38 answers · asked by Allasse 5 in News & Events Current Events

That is exactly the same as me saying to a judge:

yes i know that the killer of my child had a family, but he used them to shield himself so it was his fault i burned his house down and they all died.

it wouldnt wash.

2006-08-07 05:26:45 · update #1

I understand your comments but what about israel blowing up UN base and the killing of nearly 40 children last week?

2006-08-08 09:04:03 · update #2

38 answers

It's very simple:

Israel doesn't care!

Keep in mind that the current Israeli Parliament (Kinnesset) is the first all civilian parliament Israel has had. They are much more brutal than you're typical military career advisor would be. Mot of them hate Arabs but didn't want to invade Lebanon because they fear getting Jewish kids killed. Israel blames the lebanese people for supporting Hezbollah so they are being indiscriminant with their bombing.

In fairness, Israel is using advanced smart bombs in most strikes but, for the most part, they are bombing targets regardless who is there.
Even if Lebanon or Hezbollah started placing children around rocket launching sites, Israel would still blow them sky high.

Israel destroyed Lebanon's airport because Iran used it to ship in rockets for Hezbollah.
Israel struck the UN post, because Hezbollah uses UN posts for cover - thinking that they are invincible.

It is not propaganda. Hezbollah really does use the UN for cover. In fact, Hezbollah kidnapped Israeli soldiers by stealing a UN van and using it to sneak behind Israeli lines. On their way out, they used rocket fire for cover.

There are alot of truths that aren't being told on the news and a lot of exxagerations to. Its had to find the truth over there because both the Arabs and the Jews are willing to lie, bend the truth in the media and make claims of benevolence that aren't true.

2006-08-07 05:31:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

It's not propaganda. A recent report I saw on MSNBC showed Katushya rockets being fired in the background not more than a mile from where the reporter was standing. And where was the reporter? In the middle of Tyre, Lebanon.

You get so upset when Israel bombs a launch site in the middle of a town and civilians get killed (collateral damage). The Israelis target a launch site --not the civilians around the area.

On the other hand Hezbollah on the other hand targets cities. They don't kill many civilians and no military for two reasons. Civilians spend time in good bunkers and there are no military in the area. And Hezbollah can't seem to hit anything. They have fired over 2500 Katushyas into Israel and have only killed about 30 people (all civilians)

Israel on the other hand has done remarkaby well at keeping collateral damage to a minimum. If they were as inaccurate as Hezbollah you'd see casualties ten times as high as they are.

Again, women and children aren't the target of Israel. They are the target for Hezbollah. Ask yourself the same question about Hezbollah. You have Israeli military INSIDE southern Lebanon why are you shooting at civilians farther south?

2006-08-07 07:26:10 · answer #2 · answered by namsaev 6 · 0 0

I think there is propaganda on both sides but Americas part in this war supplying the missiles ti Israel is immoral. Hezbollah are defending Lebanon . The Israelis would rather wipe Lebanon off the face of this earth and this from a place that our lord Jesus Christ was born in ,we all here the stories of the Israeli soldiers taken but two supposedly Hezbollah soldiers were taken the day before and have been held without charge. along with the other Lebanese Israel is holding.we can all look from afar and decide who is the baddie who is the goodie in this war but we are not privy to all the information . If the U.N hadn't given the Jews Israel in 1947 we wouldn't be discussing this at all . As usual the strongest side will win because they have more money more back up more power but that doesn't mean they are morally correct and i hope nightmares haunt them all for the rest of there earthly lives.

2006-08-07 07:33:35 · answer #3 · answered by Treat 3 · 1 0

So what do you do if you are Israel? Hezbollah hides its assets among civilians and from there attacks Israel. You expect Israel to sit back and take it?

Not attacking Hezbollah where it lies is like giving chemotherapy in half the necessary dose. In the long run, more damage is done than if you hit the cancer with all you've got while you can. Sometimes when you set out to destroy a cancer, healthy tissue gets destroyed in the process. But it it isn't done, the entire body is destroyed. At least this way, the body survives.

I certainly don't like it, but I do understand it.

2006-08-07 06:37:53 · answer #4 · answered by kathy_is_a_nurse 7 · 0 1

Both sides are killing children. To say that one side is killing correctly during the war and the other is killing badly is an ignoranct statement. The term "war is hell" was made for a reason. Innocent women and children get killed.

Hezbolloah has killed children as well. When both sides think they are morally better than the other side; when both sides think they are totally being victimized by the other; when both sides feel that they are totally in the right; there is no hope or solution and it will never change.

2006-08-07 05:40:25 · answer #5 · answered by Ice4444 5 · 0 0

Hezbollah fighters are women and children!!!
at least a small percentage is.
They are a peoples army in the true sense of the word; so there are also young and female members within their ranks.
That does of course not give Israel the right to slaughter all the innocent civilians as they are doing now.

2006-08-07 05:30:02 · answer #6 · answered by peter gunn 7 · 1 0

Your example is not accurate. Try this one. A man was shooting a cannon at your children, firing off shots but luckily only wounding one or two, he was doing it from his own home with his family there. There are sharpshooters and geurillas all along the street, so raiding the house and finding the guy isn't a very viable option. You warned his family to leave. You did not know whether the family left or not, but you had to defend yourself, so you fired at the house.

No, Hezbollah fighters are not wearing a coat of women or children. They are firing off rockets from areas where they know there are a lot of women or children, or U.N. people. See this artcle where U.N. employees said that Hezbollah was firing rockets from very near their position:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060807/ap_on_re_mi_ea/lebanon_israel_843;_ylt=ArUSrs.ECuAY1lAgvnpsO_8UvioA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
Hezbollah chooses from where to fire it's rockets, and it chooses areas that are highly populated. Israel still has to try to take out the rocket launchers to protect their own civilians. They do what they can to protect the civilians first. They drop leaflets and broadcast on radio that a particular area will not be safe for civilians and that civilians should leave. In the end, however, Israel has to protect itself. If someone was pointing a gun at your children, you would probably also do whatever you could to save them. Or maybe not. It all depends on how much you value the lives of your citizens and whether you would choose to defend them or sacrifice them.

2006-08-07 06:01:44 · answer #7 · answered by Cara B 4 · 0 1

Hezbollah are firing rockets into Israel targeting residential areas and have been doing so for years without any serious retaliation. Unfortunately war is not fought out in the open as a result many innocents are killed.

2006-08-07 05:41:33 · answer #8 · answered by angelo26 4 · 0 0

Maybe these so called hezbollah brave fighters should not fire at Israel from buildings that house women and children. If they cared about the Lebanese people they would fight like soldiers, but the are nothing but cowards who shield themselves behind women and children.

2006-08-11 04:26:56 · answer #9 · answered by John J 2 · 0 0

Hezbollah fighters were well dug in amongst the poor innocent Lebanese when they provoked Israel by kidnapping two soldiers from Israel soil and started this war.

2006-08-07 06:16:10 · answer #10 · answered by AndyPandy 4 · 0 0

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