14 July 2014

Disproportionate response vs disproportionate response

As usual when Israel defending itself is involved, the net is ablaze with accusations of disproportionate response on our part. I thought about making a nice roundup of links to relevant articles, but then the readers will still be glued to the monitors by Christmas. Here's just one example, complete with the excellent response of CiF Watch.

The point nobody seems to be grasping is that a proportionate response would mean that, since neither side will ever have the upper hand, wars will never end. Is this truly what the peace loving critics of Israel's disproportionate response want?

It occurred to me, reading the previous post, that the reaction of the international community is also pretty disproportionate. Look at the 10,000 gazans housed in shelters by UNRWA. Then take a look at the millions of israelis under permanent rocket attacks (and threats of) from Gaza (for more than 10 years) and Lebanon (for decades). I, for one, looked long and hard. Nope. No international UN body for threatened israelis, although many of them are refugees from (then) war-thorn Europe and muslim countries. Some are even refugees from Gaza...

Would it be too brazen to ask for some proportionate response from said international community?

8 comments:

Dick Stanley said...

What makes you think this "war" will ever end? Hasn't yet.

BHCh said...

I am all for proportional responses. As long as the coefficient of proportionality is appropriate.

Pisa said...

I can live with that. as long as that coefficient has at least nine digits.

Pisa said...

Of course it will never end. Whart do we have to offer more appealing than 72 virgins for all eternity, with no mothers-in-law attached? Jews don't get that. Talk about disproportionate...

peterthehungarian said...

I'm a huge fan of disproportionate response.

Pisa said...

Welcome to the club.

peterthehungarian said...

I was there first!!!

peterthehungarian said...

this is a reply for Pisa