This is why I admire Western Civilizations.
And why I revile Middle Eastern countries and the Islamist bastards who’ve hijacked that religion.
BZ
The Difference
Bloviating Zeppelin
Right thinking from a Left brain.
You hit the nail on the head with this post BZ.
Sandy: thanks for visiting and thank you for the comment. It’s all the difference in the world.
BZ
Silly Americans. Don’t they know that children are to be used as props to get your sadistic point across?
/sarc
Then, W.E., that becomes fodder for those OPPRESSIVE Israelis who DARE to fight back, causing casualties in more than a 1-for-1 proportion.
BZ
This is a powerful visual.
Maggie @ Maggie’s Notebook
Maggie: thank you so kindly for visiting and for commenting. And you know the saying regarding pictures and words.
All: I simply continue to shake my head that Israel is seen as the aggressor. Does no one have a sense of truth or justice or right-and-wrong any more? Is anti-Semitism really that rampant in the world? And, moreover, how does Israel continue to survive under conditions such as these?
Asymmetric warfare is incredibly difficult by itself. The weaker party wants the stronger party to maximize casualties. Israel actually wants to minimize casualties whilst Hamas wants to maximize, specifically, CIVILIAN casualties. If the goal of Hamas was to actually care for and keep Palestinians alive they would cease firing rockets and mortars and, more pointedly, rockets and mortars from inside UN schools, civilian buildings, apartments, businesses. But in truth, what many ignorant people fail to consider, is that to Hamas many Palestinians are simply expendable and, as such, to be used a rags or Kleenex. Disposable.
BZ
BZ,
Excellent imagery here, thank you. I had one more comparison that popped into my head: The IDF racing a wounded Hamas prisoner to a hospital in Beersheba,Israel vs. Hamas shooting 75 Fatah in the kneecaps.
P.S. I noticed your blog comment and link over at Maggie’s Notebook – glad I stopped over here…nice, nice blog.
HA: thank you most kindly for visiting and for taking the time to comment, please stop by again and again! Had I known of or found that image, it too would have lent much credence to “the difference.”
Thank you for the kind words.
BZ
As honorless as Islam is, this will be repeated endlessly. I have seen similar bumper stickers.
BZ,
This just shows us how razor-sharp the Bible is in its accuracy. It has repeatedly predicted that Israel will be hated of all nations, just like the Savior Who came from that hated nation. Yet, God Himself will be with them, & one Day He will make it all right! You might want to check out an amazing verse of Scripture from one of my favorite OT prophets, Zephaniah. The verse is chapter 3, verse 8. Interestingly, that verse is the only verse in the OT that contains every letter in the Hebrew alphabet!
It helps us to see some of the purposes of God to all the nations that hate Israel. One Day, He will simply gather them together in their vain attempt to destroy God’s chosen people, & then when they are completely against the wall, so to speak, they will receive Christ, their true Messiah, & He will return & destroy all those hateful nations in a FLASH! See also Zechariah 12:10 along with this. Amazing but true! So, all these nations hating Israel does have a background, & a glorious future, for Israel at least, but not for them! So, their hatred of Israel is not so much Israel as it is the true God!