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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (201181)	9/4/2006 7:38:03 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

We pay Israels bills. Show me where we pay Nasrallah's bills and I will be equally outraged. But until then we should demand an accounting from those who depend on us for money, weapons and political support to commit their war crimes.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (201181)	9/4/2006 7:38:05 PM
From: geode00	Respond to of 281500

Try and document one MSM source (other that Israeli) that is calling for Nasrallah to be tried for war crimes? Which MSM is calling for Israel to be tried for war crimes? Are you talking about journalism or opinion pieces.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (201181)	9/4/2006 7:46:07 PM
From: neolib	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

And tell me this doesn't represent bias. You might normalise for the following two factors: 1) Ratio of damage done by either side to property and life 2) Ratio of military capabilities each had at their disposal. Just roughly, I call the first one 10:1 (Israel to Hizbullah) which is a bit high on life, a bit low on property destruction. The second one is at least 100:1 (Israel to Hizbullah) but I'll be generous and call it only 10:1 Combined results: 100:1. So I expect about 100 calling it one way for every 1 calling it the other, sans bias. Of course, the above are only two out of a more extensive list of factors, but they are two which in general are easier to quantify than say: who started it? The latter question invariable leads to a historical grievance chase which no one can agree on.