Socialistic vent courtesy of Jon Paretsky.
If you've been following world news, you're probably aware that Israel and Hezbollah of Lebanon have been in negotiations regarding exchanges of prisoners and bodies. According to CNN, Hezbollah turned over the remains of two Israeli airmen who were captured a couple summers ago, sparking the brief yet violent war between Israel and Lebanon. In return, Hezbollah will welcome home the bodies of 199 Lebanese rebels and a prisoner who is a hero to them. Israel is definitely getting the short end of the stick, which Hezbollah views as a victory.
Lebanon is joyfully welcoming back its fallen sons and hero, Kuntar. But why is Kuntar a hero? Because he went into Israel in '78 as part of a Palestinian Liberation Front movement, killed a police officer, and then took a hostage a twenty-eight your old man and his four year old daughter. He shot the man dead at close range in front of his daughter and then smashed in the little girl's head with his rifle butt. The death of a two year old girl who suffocated as her mother tried to stop her from crying is also attributed to him.
And he's a hero.
What kind of hero is glorified by the blood of children? What kind of society celebrates that? If you have such hate in your heart that you can take satisfaction in the murder of the young of your enemies, then you have no place in this world, damnit.
That's just my opinion.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/16/israel.swap/index.html
If you've been following world news, you're probably aware that Israel and Hezbollah of Lebanon have been in negotiations regarding exchanges of prisoners and bodies. According to CNN, Hezbollah turned over the remains of two Israeli airmen who were captured a couple summers ago, sparking the brief yet violent war between Israel and Lebanon. In return, Hezbollah will welcome home the bodies of 199 Lebanese rebels and a prisoner who is a hero to them. Israel is definitely getting the short end of the stick, which Hezbollah views as a victory.
Lebanon is joyfully welcoming back its fallen sons and hero, Kuntar. But why is Kuntar a hero? Because he went into Israel in '78 as part of a Palestinian Liberation Front movement, killed a police officer, and then took a hostage a twenty-eight your old man and his four year old daughter. He shot the man dead at close range in front of his daughter and then smashed in the little girl's head with his rifle butt. The death of a two year old girl who suffocated as her mother tried to stop her from crying is also attributed to him.
And he's a hero.
What kind of hero is glorified by the blood of children? What kind of society celebrates that? If you have such hate in your heart that you can take satisfaction in the murder of the young of your enemies, then you have no place in this world, damnit.
That's just my opinion.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/16/israel.swap/index.html
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