I am a Bomb Technician. I was fortunate enough today to speak with one of the leading members of the Israeli Police Bomb Disposal Group in person. He spent 2 1/2 hours telling us what it is like over there and what he and his men have to do on a daily basis with video evidence in support..
There are 2 sides to every story and i've heard 1. This bloke was honest, upfront, not the type to exagerate or make more of himself or his group than was necessary and I have absolutely no reason to doubt that he told me nothing but the truth.
You only hear about the ones that the Palestinians manage to get off, but not about the many hundreds that are intercepted before they kill and maim that dont make the news. To give you an idea of their workload. They attend about 200 Incidents a week. Yes...a week. Deliberately targetting Civilian targets including Ambulances.
They are in a Combat zone. Targetted by their enemies and for all intensive purposes definately the bravest men, ive ever met.
Their own life is second to the innocents around them. Some of the stories are quite unbelieveable but true.
There is no point in argueing who is right and who is wrong. Noone over there is innocent but if half of what this gentleman was saying is true and I believe it is, then most of the Media dribble we get in the Western world concerning the Palistinian Martyers is largely BS and they have a lot more to answer for than we hear about over here.
But that is the nature of War.
