Moral equivalence explained, Actually Patton had it right, “No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.”
By Andrew Bolt ~
I don’t care what the rules of war might declare — proportionality does matter. With the Palestinian death toll at more than 1100 and the Israel losses at less than 50, even the hardest-line supporters of Israel begin to question.
Israel has the right to protect its population from this kind of attacks. In doing so, it must act proportionately…
Let’s get down to tin tacks. Exactly how many Jews do these people want to die for every 100 Palestinians? One for two, or an eye for an eye?
And how should Israel manage this, given its technological superiority – a vital edge granted to an open society? By handing over volunteers to Hamas for execution? By letting a few more Hamas rockets actually land in Tel Aviv?
Here’s another “disproportionate” response that don’t seem to have struck Israel’s critics as…
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