He started it! He hit me back! Contributed by Bill Faith
Who Could Question Their Sincerity? John Hinderaker
One of today's big news stories is Hezbollah's announcement that it was surprised by Israel's vigorous response to its act of war. Hezbollah helpfully communicated this to the , whose article, by one Scheherezade Faramarzi, simply relays Hezbollah's message without editorial comment:
A senior Hezbollah official said Tuesday the guerrilla group did not expect Israel to react so strongly to its capture of two Israeli soldiers.
Mahmoud Komati, deputy chief of Hezbollah's political arm, also told The Associated Press in an interview that his group will not lay down arms.
"The truth is--let me say this clearly--we didn't even expect (this) response.... that (Israel) would exploit this operation for this big war against us," said Komati.
He said Hezbollah had expected "the usual, limited response" from Israel to the July 12 cross-border raid, in which three Israelis were killed.
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Awww, poor pitiful little thing. Folks, it's past time for the Israeli and U.S. governments to publicly announce the same policy I stated :
[Y]ou fire one shot at me or mine and I'm going to keep right on shooting back till one of us is dead as hell.
I mean, why let any more poor little terrorists be taken by surprise like that?
Contributed by Bill Faith on July 26, 2006 at 04:48 AM in , |