Originally posted by Hawco
almost and I say almost sounds plausible, RE: Explosives collapsing the building, more proaganda, more lies, more of the same, Just like killing the 4 UN people was a mistake, even after repeated warnings to the IDF, Same as Sabrah and Shatilla was covered up, till they couldn't hide it anymore.
Funny thing is, looks like the two soldiers were kidnapped, what about the thousands of Palastinian people who have been kidnapped by the Israelis ?
Many of whom are probably innocent, they weren't kidnapped though, they were arrested..
Doesn't matter who the country is, there's always one claiming they are right and the other is wrong, this all has to stop, too many innocent people are being caught up in this terrible conflict.
ok, I got to watch some CNN and SKY the last few days. I must say that the reporters are an increadibly cluless bunch. What they get is a series of pictures of human suffering which always is a good story and some background of rubble that they can stand infront in their blue vests and make a serious face. The rest they simply invent as they have no idea what is going on. They are fed bull**** by both sides spokesmen and they pic what suits them. They do not understand neither the military actions nor the political goals of the war, but shoot their mouth off never the less.
Reminds me of the "embeded" reportes in the second Gulf war that were led to all the insignificant locations so they can shoot dust and repeat the explanations given to them.
So here's some inside information which I can post here. You can believe it or not as I am a side in this conflict.
UN post:
This position was attcked by pure mistake. IDF knew about the UN post and was conducting airstrikes and firing artillery at Hizballa operating around it. The intention was to strike a different position, but by what currently seems like a human error, the wrong position was attacked. Knowing or not knowing about UN being there has nothing to do with it as their position was not supposed to be bombed at all. Friendly fire is common in war. British forces were bombed by American in Iraq. Do you think it was done on purpose?
Kanna village:
The Hizballa was firing rockets and operating from this village as the posted videos show. True, the video is not from minutes prior to the airstrike, it is just aimed to prove that it was an operating ground for Hizballa. From what I know, the building that was targeted and bombed was the building next door. The building with the civilians inside was damaged in the blast. Construction quality in that area is not very good and the side blast may have been enough to tople it. Possibly after a few hours.
This whole Kanna incident is one big predictable Hipocracy. If 60 civilians were accidently killed by 10 different bombings it would have been OK. If they are killed by 1 bomb it's murder. If the US bombs a wedding killing over 50 it's collateral damage. When Israel bomb one building and the one next door collapse killing people hiding in it, it is a massacre. Anyone wish to count the dead in Iraq or Sudan and compare to Lebanon?
As I posted several time before the incident, this kind of "second Kanna" incident is exactly what Hizballa was trying to create. I didn't expect it to really be in Kanna again.
The IDF is not capturing south Lebanon because this is not its mission. It is a wise decision as Israel is not trying to "win" this war by conquering the other side. There is no wish to create a teritorial despute as Israel is quite content with the borders marked by the UN in 2000. The aim is to keep Lebanon army intact as much as possible and allow it to deploy along the border. On the other hand, this is not a police action and no one is safe if Hizballa is using him as a shield.
If Lebanon prime minister Seniora is so worried about his citizens all he has to do is deploy Lebanon army along the Israeli border thus ending the war immediately. Israel is not asking Lebanon to surrender, give up any land or interests. It is only expected from them to keep their border quiet and Hizballa away from it. The goverment of Lebanon must not be on the loosing side of the war and it can easily come out as the winner. If he is wise he can even get Shab'a farms in the deal and be the one to "liberate" Lebanonese land.
Bozon
