Slouching Towards Bethlehem

by Peter Fruchter, August 15, 2006

During a recent interview on British Television, Benjamin Netanyahu was
asked "How come so many more Lebanese have been killed [in the conflict
with Hezbollah] than Israelis?"

Netanyahu's reply: ".. in World War II more Germans were killed than
British and Americans combined, but there is no doubt in anyone's mind
that the war was caused by Germany's aggression. And in response to
the German blitz on London, the British wiped out the entire city of
Dresden, burning to death more German civilians than the number of
people killed in Hiroshima. Moreover, I could remind you that in 1944,
when the R.A.F. tried to bomb the Gestapo Headquarters in Copenhagen,
some of the bombs missed their target and fell on a Danish children's
hospital, killing 83 little children. Perhaps you have another
question?"

How humiliating. Poor interviewer.

peter sez:



"How is it that
Hezbollah, considered a terrorist targeter of innocent civilians,
killed more Israeli soldiers than Israeli civilians - whereas the
top-notch I.D.F. military, although claiming to avoid targeting
innocent civilians, wound up killing more Lebanese civilians than
Hezbollah combatants?..."
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Well, it all has to do with the way record-keeping is done by Hezbollah's
statisticians.

Only Hezbollah casualties with a big red "H" tattooed on their sloping
foreheads and their Mohammad death's head tattoo in their armpits was
counted as a Hezbollah. If they had a big red "C" on there, it was counted
as a civilian.

Plus, it had a bit more to do with the odor of the casualty. Nice smelling*
ones was Hezbollah; really ripe ones, flattened ones, and partial ones was
all civilian.

On 17 Aug 2006 09:19:38 -0700, "Peter" gmail.com> wrote:

It certainly wasnt for the lack of trying. How many dead Israeli
citizens do you need to have some sympathy for them? And why in the
world are you supporting terrorism?

Oak

On 17 Aug 2006 09:19:38 -0700, in uk.current-events.terrorism "Peter"
gmail.com>, in glistered weave writ large for all to see:

On 17 Aug 2006 09:19:38 -0700, "Peter" gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 14:18:48 -0400, FACE wrote:

Which are you: the best or the worst?

On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:47:08 GMT, in uk.current-events.terrorism Robin T Cox
nomail.net>, in glistered weave writ large for all to see:

I am the observer; but relative to a simpleton like you I might as well be
Spiritus Mundi.