Collateral Punishment
There’s been some talk here about collective punishment, so let’s think for a moment about the collective responsibility that societies bear for their political choices.
Hizballah is a party in the Lebanese legislature. It has a civil arm that is known for its charitable works, especially within the natural manure of its Shiite base in the south of the country. Hizballah is widely and publicly credited by the very highest officers in the Lebanese government as the true liberators and defenders of the country against the awful Zionists. And, as the asshole propagandists that CNN puts on the TV tell us every night, Hizballah enjoys as much as 85 percent support all across the country. Eighty-five percent! Wow!
Now, if these last few facts may be qualified by the argument that the Lebanese government and its various mouthpieces and propagandists have been bullied into supporting Hizballah —a minority party within Lebanese society— then make that argument. Accept and acknowledge that such is the case: these poor bastards, in their comfortable palaces and mansions overlooking Beirut, know that all they have to do to invite their own murders or harm to their families and friends is to speak out against the insanity of Nasrallah’s terrorist army.
So, they do not.
But these people —the Lebanese People— are responsible for what Hizballah is doing. They permitted them their place in society and did nothing to stop their rearmament by Syria and Iran —a direct violation of United Nations resolutions (which is something that the dhimmis on the UN-loving Left are supposed to care about somehow). And Israel is to blame in defending itself?
Why shouldn’t such a society pay a price for allowing itself to be overrun by a proxy army of terrorists supported by Syria and Iran?
Let this be a Lebanese war. Because, if you’re willing to countenance Nazis in your own government, schools, media, and business, then you’re going to get tarred with the same brush.
