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July 22, 2006
Those Innocent Civilians (Who Just Happen To Hide A Few Katyushas Out Back...)
When it comes to modern conflicts waged by "insurgents", it's become obvious that not all civilians are created equal. Alan Dershowitz explains (hat tip Ed Morrissey):
There is a vast difference — both moral and legal — between a 2-year-old who is killed by an enemy rocket and a 30-year-old civilian who has allowed his house to be used to store Katyusha rockets. Both are technically civilians, but the former is far more innocent than the latter. There is also a difference between a civilian who merely favors or even votes for a terrorist group and one who provides financial or other material support for terrorism.Finally, there is a difference between civilians who are held hostage against their will by terrorists who use them as involuntary human shields, and civilians who voluntarily place themselves in harm's way in order to protect terrorists from enemy fire.
It breaks my heart to consider the violent death of any child, but what seems even more reprehensible to me is the tolerance (if not coddling) of an ideology that will do nothing if not perpetuate the certainty of the killing of even more innocent children.
And I think the tacit acceptance and outright support of Hizbollah by the citizens of southern Lebanon really diminishes their claim of innocence.
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