tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post115505125193544373..comments2024-02-05T17:15:59.703-06:00Comments on hawgblawg: How the BBC, and Kathleen Parker, report on LebanonTed Swedenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-1155139460820106432006-08-09T11:04:00.000-05:002006-08-09T11:04:00.000-05:00Pierre, I wish we were reading your columns here i...Pierre, I wish we were reading your columns here in Arkansas instead of Parker's. John, I think part of the answer to your question is that Hizbollah is actually, at least some of the time, trying to hit military targets. Because of strict censorship in Israel, hits on military targets and the location of military targets cannot be reported on. So it appears as if there are only civilians in northern Israel.Ted Swedenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05355038670178440138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-1155124242537283702006-08-09T06:50:00.000-05:002006-08-09T06:50:00.000-05:00Yeah, the question of "targeting," intention, and ...Yeah, the question of "targeting," intention, and guilt:<BR/><BR/>Why do the Israeli "smart" bombs, which were developed to minimize civilian casualties, result in a majority of civilians among the Lebanese casualty counts?<BR/><BR/>Conversely, why do the Hizballah "dumb" rockets, which appear barely guided beyond being aimed south, result in a majority of military casualties for Israel?<BR/><BR/>This is a very interesting question to me.John Schaeferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07528545971332137294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240575.post-1155055920278403962006-08-08T11:52:00.000-05:002006-08-08T11:52:00.000-05:00Ted... Thanks for pointing out the (hmmmm, how to ...Ted... Thanks for pointing out the (hmmmm, how to put that delicately?) silliness of some of Kathleen Parker's analyses. She's technically a competitor (I work at the News-Journal in Daytona, she's a Sentinelist in Orlando), but one wishes the competiton was more honorable.Pierre Tristamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08633131265326529412noreply@blogger.com