Justification means while responsible they aren't in the wrong. If it's not morally wrong there is nothing to be absolved of. On Jul 15, 2014 12:21 PM, "Scott Stroz" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I never claimed what that Israel's response was not justified (and I am > still not saying whether or not I think it is), rather that Israel should > not be absolved of any civilian deaths as a result of their counter-attack > solely because they warned people ahead of time. > > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I get what you and Scott are saying, but what is Israel supposed to do? > > They are having a rather large number of missiles fired at them. Some of > > them to parts of Israel that no one thought they could reach. A ground > > force would be a huge escalation and the potential house to house combat > > could easily end up with as many civilians killed as air assault, though > > Hamas weapons might do more of the killing in that case. And there would > be > > a great many more Israeli deaths. > > > > I absolutely do not believe that the aerial assault is the right thing to > > do on the part of Israel. But I also don't see what other options they > have > > at this point. They should have gone down a very different political > route > > well before this round of escalation, but they didn't. I fault them for > > that. But at this point, they are being attacked and I don't see a way to > > respond that does not incur significant civilian casualties because the > > legitimate targets (the ones firing the missiles) are mixed into a dense > > civilian population. > > > > Short of a cease fire that both sides can agree to, this is just going to > > play out as a tragedy on both sides. > > > > Judah > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > ᧠> > > Yeah. > > > > > > After demolishing buildings, slaughtering entire families...they call a > > > cease fire. > > > > > > right. > > > > > > I stand by my view that it should never have happened in the first > place. > > > Use of force on that scale,and with so many civilian casualties should > > > never be justified. > > > > > > On 15 July 2014 10:06, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > So over night the Israelis took part in a cease fire organized by > > Egypt. > > > > > > > > Hamas chose not to take part and fired 50 additional missiles > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371549 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
