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To: Sam who wrote (238228)7/29/2007 10:11:05 PM
From: bentway  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Here - count the bodies:

israel.bodycount.googlepages.com

Israel seems to be WAY ahead - I guess THEY'RE winning!

Supporting Israel is not in the national interest of the United States.



To: Sam who wrote (238228)7/30/2007 12:31:16 AM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
But they could have gotten the moral high ground first, exposed the buildup, demanded it be undone.


Not a chance, Sam. The UN maintains a strict "see no evil" policy when it comes to Hizbullah. After all, the UNFIL guys are there on the ground, and Hizbullah lodges its diplomatic protests with bullets. Did you see the report of the Spanish UNFIL team that got blown up by an IED recently?

But they could have gotten the moral high ground first, exposed the buildup, demanded it be undone.


Israel can never get the moral high ground. However high the ground it attains, the world demands an even higher standard - just for Israel.