Let me add to Don’s reply that you’d also have had to have had IRA terrorists from Boston kill eight British soldiers in Britain and Kidnap one, then launch hundreds of missiles into London…

Keep trying.

No.

In the US, the IRA was never part of the government (the Kennedy’s notwithstanding), and it was always illegal in the US to ship arms to the IRA. I know US arms did go to Ireland (“me little Armalite” is a song about the AR15, an IRA favorite), but that was always something the US gov would investigate and prosecute.

If the IRA actually ran Boston like Hez runs Southern Lebanon, you might have a point. But they never did and you don’t.

But if you want to extridite Ted Kennedy, you have my support.

Anyway, the various factions of the IRA did a lot of their fund-raising in the US (as well as a certain amount of arms-smuggling). You see, they weren’t declared illegal there for far too long. Even now, the US isn’t bringing into force a new extradition treaty with the UK because the Irish-American community are worried might allow them to extradite suspected IRA members.

So, by your argument, it would’ve been perfectly fine for the UK to bomb Irish-American areas of the US, should they suspect IRA terrorists are hiding there. After all, they were supporting and sheltering terrorists, and if we had to kill a few of them in the process of taking out the evildoers, well, fair enough.

I know, but Hez capitalized on the pull out, claiming it as a victory. The rapid IDF pull out made the Hez claims appear reasonable.

It was only a propaganda victory, but it raised Hez’s esteem in Lebanese eyes.

“On Sunday, UN High Commissioner Louise Arbour told CNN Israel’s actions in Lebanon could lead to the prosecution of its military commanders. Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch says Israel is shelling civilian areas with cluster bombs.”

Who cares what the UN or Human Rights Watch says?

If the IDF wanted to kill civilians in Lebanon, the death toll would be well above 10,000 now, not in the hundreds. My guess is that the “civilian” death toll has a very high percentage of military age males, and a surprising lack of feamles, elderly, and children . . .

Don’t mistake Hezbollah’s propaganda for the truth. The Lebanese government did, and now they’re paying the price.

Apologist.

“On Sunday, UN High Commissioner Louise Arbour told CNN Israel’s actions in Lebanon could lead to the prosecution of its military commanders. Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch says Israel is shelling civilian areas with cluster bombs.”

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interview with Emergencies Director for Human Rights Watch, currently in Beirut.