Comments on: Newspapers investigate journalistic misconduct – not! http://www.yourish.com/2009/03/20/7004 Cutting straight to the point Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:31:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dave @ CJI http://www.yourish.com/2009/03/20/7004/comment-page-1#comment-36397 Dave @ CJI Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:49:40 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=7004#comment-36397 Michael, I completely agree with you. Most ironic is that our humanity (IE Judeo-Christian morality) is what impedes our security, yet it it what is most at stake! Conundrums abound! Michael,

I completely agree with you. Most ironic is that our humanity (IE Judeo-Christian morality) is what impedes our security, yet it it what is most at stake!

Conundrums abound!

]]> By: Michael Lonie http://www.yourish.com/2009/03/20/7004/comment-page-1#comment-36386 Michael Lonie Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:26:41 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=7004#comment-36386 If the enemies of Israel and the USA do not conform to the international law of armed conflict in their actions why should Israel and the USA? So that our enemies will treat our prisoners well? Tell that to the families of Gilad Shalit and the two Israelis killed after capture by Hezbollah in 2006. The last enemy the US faced which would treat our captive soldiers according to the Geneva Conventions, and that not all the time, was the Nazis. Everybody since has been worse. It is very unlikely that we will face in the near future any enemy who will conform to international law in either actions of war or treatment of prisoners. And yet these scum come in for no criticism, condemnation, or sanctions whatsoever for their barbarism, and that from the same people who blast the USA and Israel for all their sins, albeit mostly imaginary ones. The US government is about to give the Palestinian Arabs almost 1 billion dollars as a reward for attacking Israelis with rockets, actions that openly violate the Geneva Conventions. If the enemies of Israel and the USA do not conform to the international law of armed conflict in their actions why should Israel and the USA? So that our enemies will treat our prisoners well? Tell that to the families of Gilad Shalit and the two Israelis killed after capture by Hezbollah in 2006. The last enemy the US faced which would treat our captive soldiers according to the Geneva Conventions, and that not all the time, was the Nazis. Everybody since has been worse. It is very unlikely that we will face in the near future any enemy who will conform to international law in either actions of war or treatment of prisoners. And yet these scum come in for no criticism, condemnation, or sanctions whatsoever for their barbarism, and that from the same people who blast the USA and Israel for all their sins, albeit mostly imaginary ones. The US government is about to give the Palestinian Arabs almost 1 billion dollars as a reward for attacking Israelis with rockets, actions that openly violate the Geneva Conventions.

]]> By: Dave @ CJI http://www.yourish.com/2009/03/20/7004/comment-page-1#comment-36381 Dave @ CJI Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:37:47 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=7004#comment-36381 Its sickening that this article recieves front page treatment from the NYT, while the Quassam rocket attacks are continually relegated to the back pages. The expectation that the IDF must behave more humane than their enemies will lead to Israel's downfall. From the last paragraph of the article: "“Unfortunately, I think that selective use of killing civilians has been very much on the agenda for fighting terror,” said Yaron Ezrahi, a political scientist at Hebrew University who has been lecturing at defense colleges. “The army believes that a weak spot of Israeli deterrence is its strong commitment not to kill civilians, and there has grown the sense that it might have to temporarily overcome that weakness in order to restore deterrence.” At least the army has their head on straight. How many times will we Jews allow our morality to be our unbecoming? Its sickening that this article recieves front page treatment from the NYT, while the Quassam rocket attacks are continually relegated to the back pages.

The expectation that the IDF must behave more humane than their enemies will lead to Israel’s downfall.

From the last paragraph of the article:
““Unfortunately, I think that selective use of killing civilians has been very much on the agenda for fighting terror,” said Yaron Ezrahi, a political scientist at Hebrew University who has been lecturing at defense colleges. “The army believes that a weak spot of Israeli deterrence is its strong commitment not to kill civilians, and there has grown the sense that it might have to temporarily overcome that weakness in order to restore deterrence.”

At least the army has their head on straight.

How many times will we Jews allow our morality to be our unbecoming?

]]> By: Norman Cone http://www.yourish.com/2009/03/20/7004/comment-page-1#comment-36376 Norman Cone Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:43:13 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=7004#comment-36376 I don't mind just was the Times published, I mind much more why the Military Censor was sleeping on the job. That's not really a question of press freedom, but of details (wright or wrong) of military operations. IDF and Israel didn't need more bad press , overblown charges. I don’t mind just was the Times published,
I mind much more why the Military Censor was sleeping on the job. That’s not really a question of press freedom, but of details (wright or wrong) of military operations. IDF and Israel didn’t need
more bad press , overblown charges.

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