[Peace-discuss] Gill on lebanese war

[Chas. 'Mark' Bee]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at uiuc.edu>
To: "Peace Discuss" <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 11:19 AM
Subject: [Peace-discuss] Gill on lebanese war


> [I asked David Gill, the Democratic candidate for Congress in our 
> district, about his views on the Lebanese war.  His answer (and my 
> reply) are below.  I'll post any follow-up.  --CGE]
> 
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> 
> David--
> 
> I may have missed it, but I haven't seen anything from you on the 
> Lebanese war.  Would you have a statement about it that I could post to 
> the mailing list of AWARE, our local anti-war group?
> 
> Regards,
> Carl
> 
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> 
> Hi Carl,
> 
> While the actions of Hezbollah were immoral and violated international 
> law, I agree with many observers around the world who feel that the 
> Israeli response has been woefully excessive.  The Bush Administration 
> has also been irresponsible in failing to join the rest of the Security 
> Council in their early calls for a cease fire.
> 
> Best wishes,
> David
> 
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> 
> David--
> 
> With the further perspective of a month, I hope you'll agree that 
> "excessive" and "irresponsible" are inappropriate to characterize the 
> actions of Israel and the US respectively.  The word "criminal" would do 
> better in both cases.
> 
> Would Israel have been justified in killing only half as many civilians, 
> or destroying only half as much of Lebanon?  Did US support for what all 
>  agree was a long-planned assault result from inattention?
> 
> It's not errors in the application of policy that need to be corrected: 
> the policies of the US and its chief client need to be reversed in the 
> Middle East in general -- notably in regard to the Palestinians. 
> Hezbollah said that they were acting in sympathy with the Palestinians, 
> and, although it was not much reported here, Israel ravaged the occupied 
> territories while it was attacking Lebanon.
> 
> The shocking response of the Democratic party was to condemn our Iraqi 
> puppet prime minister for not supporting the Israeli assault!
 
Cite?