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January 12, 2009 Some examples of 'Proportionality'
Ben Dror Yemini reminds us (in a sometimes awkward translation from Hebrew) of some recent "Western" disproportionate responses that evoked few protests then and have since dropped conveniently back down the memory hole.
First a disclaimer: A short historical reminder. This time we won't say a word about Muslims Let's go back a mere nine years ago--under the presidency of President Bill Clinton (D). Milosevic irritated the Free World when he tried to take control of Kosovo. NATO started bombing. Following is an incomplete list of the injuries. Just of civilian ones. Etc. and etc. and etc............ And now about the huffy, self righteous French who were occupying the Ivory Coast in November of 2004. The Ivory Coast Air Force attacked rebel concentrations. Since when does anybody count black people at all? That's it, to the bombers, bad luck. 9 French were killed by accident. Soldiers. Not civilians. Hmmmmmm, disproportionate you might say. But what can you expect from France? Now for some background explanation. Now let’s go back and discuss the proportions. Milosovic didn’t announce that he intends to destroy all of Europe. The Ivory Coast didn’t announce that its intention is to destroy France. And yet, the reactions of NATO and French were harsh and hard. The Security Council did not call for a cease fire. Au contraire. It was obvious that it’s necessary to get rid of the bad guy in the story. It took a lot of time. In the end he had to bend. And Israel, which is fighting for its very existence, is alas, not proportionate at all--it is using too little power, too little force against people and a hate filled regime whose public "constitution" states very clearly its aim is to eliminate Israel and who follow up those deadly words with deadlier action. The disproportionate ones are those who even bring up disproportionate. |
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