Reply #5: You ask if I think the present course is one of moderation. [View All]

[msmcghee]

Yes, I do. If Israel had their act together Hizbollah would not exist today. I doubt Israel will make that mistake again.

But, addressing the deeper moral question, I would not require moderation of anyone who is defending the lives of their citizens against deadly attacks of those sworn to kill them and who have tried repeatedly in the past to do so.

If I did require such moderation from them then I should be willing to place myself between them and their enemies and provide all necessary protection.

Whoever stands in the path of sworn killers - either Israel or the UN - would be stupid to unnecessarily risk the lives of those they are protecting and their own lives if they used anything less than the maximum available force to stop them.

Those who stand on the sideless and claim that Israel is using "excessive" force in defending the lives of her citizens are either enemies of Israel or cowards - probably both.