tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18230118.post115348238396631084..comments2023-04-27T11:58:37.175+01:00Comments on The Fluffy Economist: LebanonSimon Hodgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00045940364682507474noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18230118.post-1157810280250814042006-09-09T14:58:00.000+01:002006-09-09T14:58:00.000+01:00Hezbollah didn't think the costs disproportionate ...Hezbollah didn't think the costs disproportionate to their gains or they would have handed back their captives & stopped it. <BR/><BR/>When did anybody say the US shouldn't have fought al Quaeda because the local deaths clearly aren't propotionate to the under 3,000 at 9/11. This definition of proportionality gives carte blanche to any 3rd world thug who considers their citizens lives expendable neil craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157898238945726349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18230118.post-1157453156376481222006-09-05T11:45:00.000+01:002006-09-05T11:45:00.000+01:00Neil, I understand the reasons for invasion, my ob...Neil, I understand the reasons for invasion, my objection was that the means were completely disproportionate.<BR/><BR/>Tom, that's not enough to justify knowingly shelling the hell out of the civilians, but we're never going to agree on that one.Simon Hodgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00045940364682507474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18230118.post-1156130362191142852006-08-21T04:19:00.000+01:002006-08-21T04:19:00.000+01:00This problem is 4000 years old.This problem is 4000 years old.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18230118.post-1155195116628020082006-08-10T08:31:00.000+01:002006-08-10T08:31:00.000+01:00As for the civilian casualties, they are entirely ...As for the civilian casualties, they are entirely a consequence of Hezbollah's breach of Article 50 of the Geneva Convention, para 7. <BR/><BR/><I>The presence or movements of the civilian population or individual civilians shall not be used to render certain points or areas immune from military operations, in particular in attempts to shield military objectives from attacks or to shield, favour Tom Painehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01254163054362676487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18230118.post-1154956297810547792006-08-07T14:11:00.000+01:002006-08-07T14:11:00.000+01:00The quote in full is “We have no intention of conq...The quote in full is “We have no intention of conquering Lebanon, but if we have to act to complete our tasks and reach a victory we will do it.” ie that they will complete the job & achieve victory not that they will conquer Lebanon. To be fair to you the Telegraph used the quote without showing that something had been excised so your journalistic integrity rating is higher than theirs.<BR/><BR/neil craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157898238945726349noreply@blogger.com