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Targeting Civilians: Israel's Specialty
Targeting civilians is official Israeli policy.
Bullies choose easy adversaries to pummel. Equal fights are shunned. It's the same in schoolyards or battlefields.
America and Israel operate this way. They avoid foes able to give as much as they take. Rogue governments never say they're sorry.
During Cast Lead in January 2009, Professor Jeremy Salt wrote "A Message to the brave Israeli Airmen." His comments apply to what's now ongoing.
What's it like firing missiles at people you can't see, he asked?
Does it help being unable to see who you're killing?
Is your conscience eased by inflicting disproportionate force on people unable to fight back and civilian infrastructure?
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