July 26, 2006
"Heavy casualties"?
Since when is 12 killed "heavy casualties"? Sounds like a minor skirmish operation. When I hear "heavy casualties" I expect to hear of hundreds or thousands dead. Not 12. But when you've got a significantly anti-Semitic media covering the story, I suppose you can't expect much better.
It never ceases to amaze me that the media and intelligentsia have already forgotten the basic fact about this conflit: Hezbollah started it. It was Hezbollah who invaded Israeli territory, killed and kidnapped its soldiers (I say "kidnapped" instead of "captured" because only a legitimate army can make a capture), and has been indiscriminately launching rockets at civilian targets. They're promising to strike deeper into Israel now.
The next time Nasrallah makes a live press statement, the Israelis need to quickly identify the source of the transmission and bomb the hell out of it. I'd say that taking down Hezbollah's leader on live TV would count for something. The message needs to be "No matter where you go, no matter where you hide, no matter what or whom you hide behind, what you're doing cannot be allowed, and you're a dead man."
