Redefining "Pogrom"

Blame Hezbollah all you want. Olmert's extra "two weeks" needed to "finish the job" will continue to backfire as Hezbollah continues to gain more popular support. Blame Hezbollah for hiding in buildings, although the video shown and passed around through blind israeli support forums is of a different building than the one that was bombed. Propoganda, just like the already notorious presentation Powell gave to the UN not so many years ago. But hey, the IDF says that they saw Hezbollah members run into the building right before the bombing, so all of a sudden it is OK to bomb it. It is OK that 60 civilians were killed. In fact, we should feel with the IDF, because they were faced with a moral dilemna.

Repeated "accidental tragedies" exist only in fiction. Either the IDF consists of idiots, or the continued bombing of residential buildings is organized murder. This is not Israeli "self-defense", since Hezbollah has yet to be at the receiving end of missiles. In fact, the IDF's actions are similar to all those state-sponsored pogroms - each one of which was a humanitarian crime - in the early 20th century. Except this time a different group is getting slaughtered. This time there are different "reasons" for the slaughters.

Keep rationalizing the Massacre of Qana II and others all you want with already chewed up excuses. I have heard them all. These excuses are nothing but justification for murder. The IDF, and those who blindly support its actions, have taken part in the pogrom of Lebanon.

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posted by Lazarus, 1:39 PM