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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (10651)	8/11/2006 5:16:13 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

"Hezbollah, Iran and Syria have clearly violated international law in this conflict. Moreover, Israel's conduct compares favorably to how its most powerful accusers have behaved when their own interests have been threatened. So has Israel. International law has three major prohibitions relevant to the Qana incident. One forbids deliberate attacks on civilians. Another prohibits hiding forces in civilian areas, thereby turning civilians into "human shields." A third prohibition, the proportionality restriction that Israel is accused of violating, involves a complicated and controversial balancing test. I don't need any test to know that the Israeli blitzkreig is disportionate to the transgression that prompted it. You know that too but you're hiding behind this beaucratic minutia because it suits your purpose.