“Hundreds of thousands of people were warned to flee from southern Lebanon today as Israeli military officers indicated that final preparations were being made for a ground invasion.” Guardian
Yeah like where to? Any bright ideas?
” The UN estimated that about a half a million people had been displaced in Lebanon, with 130,000 fleeing to Syria and about 45,000 believed to be in need of assistance”.
this is all so fucking ridiculous. bloody stupid hizbollah giving the Israelis an excuse. Someone on the Comment is Free was talking about ‘miscalculation’. Well was it? Sounds like both of those entities wanted trouble and now they’ve got it. If they want to kill each other what can I say? Still they jolly well ought to think about everybody else. So selfish otherwise, isn’t it! its incredible that so many people should have to be stuck and trapped in this awful situation. Time and time again I’ve said this and I’ll say it again - can the people who want war go somewhere else like Mars or something? Talk about the tyranny of living in a collective with some stupid people. Where is one to go???! The whole school being bombed for what a couple of kids have done. Or the whole country rather.
I don’t like tanks - i don’t like looking at them or being reminded of them but i’m putting up this image. Is this something you want to wake up to - a tank facing its artillery at you or your window? Nope probably not. I’m lucky right now i’m not looking at one but i haven’t always been so lucky. I’m lucky i’m alive now, but others AREN’T as lucky. I don’t want that to be ignored. Some of us are lucky and some of us aren’t - it’s terrible.
I do feel i wish i weren’t a member of the human race at times like this.
And in the meantime if you want to see what the government is thinking, read this article here
so it all comes down to the fact that if you’re a nation-state you can do what the hell you like - it doesn’t matter - violence is ‘justified’..nation-states have given themselves a monopoly on this after all. We either condemn violence all together or we’re going to be stuck with this hypocritical violent world we’re in and we may as well acknowledge there ain’t no fucking concept of human rights.
I’m glad you are a member of the human race. We need people like you.
I hope for sake of humanity that the Israelis are able to kick these terrorist scum off the face of earth. Those who resort to terror as part of politics deserve to be terrified to death.
This is my point of view and anyone who does not agree with me is a terror appeasing leftist.
I am sickened by the way Britain is backing Israel’s relentless destruction of Lebanon (which the USA is funding) Does this endless tide of refugees not remind the Israelis of anything? I am not condoning Hizbollah, I hate their tactics and what they represent, but can noone see that this disproportionate use of violence is serving nothing and only making matters worse.
Yes Annie you’re right. For me what it boils down to is if you back terror on one hand, you can’t honestly expect your ’stance against terrorism’ to be taken seriously on the other hand. You can’t pay lip service to human rights at the same time. This double-standard behaviour of the government must be seen for what it is!
If we condemn violence we condemn it universally, not oh it depends on who the perpretator is.
Thanks Leighton - I’m glad the human race can count you as a member too.
We need to reclaim democracy everyone! It’s ridiculous we give legitimacy to our crazy governments who just don’t listen to us -any of us -but instead look to fight each other. Madness.