Soccer Mom: Unplugged

With all of the intense scrutiny of Hezbollah's media machine brought about by the discovery of Reuterized photos and faked death marches, some international human rights group was going to have to speak against the (cough) freedom fighters (spit) in order to maintain a semblance of impartiality.  This week it is Amnesty International.

The London-based human rights group issued a call for a United Nations inquiry into war crimes possibly committed on both sides, but Thursday's report focused on the actions of the Lebanese militants during the conflict.

The official Hezbollah response is a combination of childish rationales including, "Aww Mom, they [Israel] hit me first" and "You're just saying that because they[the Americans and israelis] made you".  Read for yourself:

"We do not deny that we have bombarded Israeli cities, settlements and infrastructure. But this was always a reaction,"   and Fadlallah said Amnesty International probably came under American and Israeli pressure to issue a report critical of Hezbollah's actions during the 34-day war, after issuing a similar report against Israel last month.

I'm still waiting for the return of those Israeli soldiers and perhaps a photo spread of Israeli atrocities that doesn't include green helmet guy, rusted out rescue vehicles or the unluckiest home owner on the planet.  How about a photo of the bodies left after Israeli soldiers tortured and beheaded innocent Lebanese.  Oh wait, those were Islamic terrorists that did that...

And, by the way, for any of you who are agreeing with the UN condemnation of "disproportionate force", let me remind you, war is not a game of checkers.  You don't play to be fair, you play to win.  You play to survive at worst and to avoid harm while disabling your opponent's capacity to inflictat best.  Is that clear enough for you?

If your kindergartner is being bullied by a fifth grader, do you run to get another fifth grader to intervene on your child's behalf or do you, an adult, step into the fray?  Disproportionate force, my hiney.  So a woman being attacked by a knife wielding rapist shouldn't fight back with a gun?  Should she fight back with everything she has or only force equal to her attacker?  Some people are soooo stupid.  Disproportionate force creates short wars.  It's a godsend.