The Rules of War apply only to Israel

By Ted Belman

Guess what, Iran: We’ll fire 150,000 missiles at Israel if attacked. OUCH.

Most of these missiles will be directed to Israel’s major cities along the coast. These are not military targets but civilian targets. The civilian casualties will be enormous. And I am not talking about “collateral damage”. I am talking the intentional killing of civilians. This is a war crime.

But no where have I read that such an attack would be considered a war crime and that it will result in prosecutions. No western nation, that was quick to embrace the Goldstone Report, will say so. Nor will any nation quick to condemn Israel for using disproportionate force or being unconcerned with causing collateral damage, be so bold as to point out that the intentional killing of civilians by these Muslim forces will be prosecuted as war crimes.

Even if Israel attacks Iran’s nuclear facilities and the army defences, it will in no way justify using these rockets to kill civilians.

This is the new definition of Asymmetric warfare. The rules of war apply only to Israel.

November 28, 2011 | 12 Comments »

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  1. This isn’t merely a legal issue. This is a survival issue. The Islamonzi regime and its Hitlerian Hezbollah proxy — and embattled Syrian ally, armed with missiles and chemical warheads — have repeatedly vowed to “burn Tel Aviv” and destroy Israel’s Dimona nuclear installation. The monsters have the means to make good on their threats.

    The United States alone has the conventional military strength to destroy the twin nuclear and missile threats–i.e. to eradicate the nuclear sites while also eliminating Iran’s retaliatory capacity. Israel can’t accomplish this on its own unless it draws on its presumed atomic arsenal.

    As a government’s first duty is to protect and defend its citizens, the case for a preemptive nuclear strike on Iran grows daily, assuming the U.S. will not take out the enemy and will instead merely give Israel the green light to attack.

  2. “The Iranian Mullahs will be ending 3500 years of Persian history if they are stupid enough to seriously attack Israel.”

    Believe me, they are stupid enough; and if Israel waits long enough, it’s the Israelis who will be the stupid ones.

  3. Iran is all talk. I would not worry about Iran since as insane as they are ,they know such an attack on Israel will mean the end of 3,500 years of Persian nationhood. According to Stratfor, Iran will not have a deliverable nuke for more than 2 years. Israel has 400 nukes as I type this. The Iranian Mullahs will be ending 3500 years of Persian history if they are stupid enough to seriously attack Israel. Israel will be militarily stronger every year (as long as the traitorous left wing doesn’t allow Israel to be destroyed). They are already tied for 3rd in the world in “landpower” according to strategypage.com which is the most reliable website on military matters on the internet. Land power equals the army plus air power. On the audio interview of Caroline Glick post on this website. she spoke about oil shale worth “TRILLIONS” of dollars discovered in Israel. When the revenue from that as well as the gas fields starts flowing into the Israeli treasury , I predict Jews from the diaspora will be very tempted to make aliyah for the selfish reason Israel will have the wealth of Saudi Arabia with the technological expertise of the USA. Israel will have 8 to 10 million Jews and should evict the trespassing Arabs from Judea and Summaria to make room for Jews returning to their homeland. With 5-6 million Jews ,Israel has won more or equal number of nobel prizes in the real categories (not “peace” or literature) than any country except for the US in the past 8 years. The economy of Israel is in much better shape than the US economy right now, before the “trillions” from oil shale start flowing into Israel’s treasury. The US’s future is not looking good with the traitors in power doing their best to make white Americans a minority, with increasing numbers of the dregs of Latin America making up more than half the new students in California schools. If Israel could increase its’ Jewish population to 10 million with the addition of Jews from the US and Europe, it will surpass the US in technology not per capita but in actual numbers. In 20 years the majority of Americans between ages 18 and 55 will be non white and although what I’m saying is very politically incorrect , it has been Americans of European ancestry who have made almost every important discovery. Israel may even attract and should allow some non Jews escaping from the US and Europe if they are very highly educated and or wealthy and are willing to invest heavily in Israel. Maybe part of this post should be under the Caroline Glick audio interview.

  4. Yes Israel is promised 150,000 missiles from Iran.But in the meantime a big round of a applause for Iran as they have gone about two weeks between explosions kiling they own.

  5. @ Bert
    Maybe Israel should first check the level of international support they’ve enjoyed for less egregious military actions against civilians.
    What you propose is a bigger threat to the state than any statement the Iranians have made.
    You think a bomb exists that could destroy the state of Israel with more certainty than forcing the last remaining support at the UN to be abandoned?
    Israel has a GDP that’s smaller than Thailand’s. It isn’t indispensable, particularly when actual world powers decide they’re no longer worth the hassle.

  6. Israel has passed the point of being able to survive with limited strikes that try to minimize killing enemy civilians. The world has always made it clear that mass murder of Jewish civilians is NOT really considered a serious war crime to be punished. The shame of Israel is that they fail to respond with proper warnings to all this IN ADVANCE of the next war. Israel should put the world on notice NOW that their failure to oppose genocide of Jews means that Israel need no longer avoid mass deaths of its Muslim enemies. Israel should announce they will fight the next war to maximize enemy losses and to minimize their losses. And the blood of countless dead Muslims will be on the head of the corrupt nations that allowed this situation to develop and not on Israel.

  7. “It will end, Andrew, only if and when Israel destroys:

    – the Iranian missiles located both in Iran and Lebanon;
    – the Hitlerite leadership of the Iranian state;
    – the nuclear facilities of Iran where nuclear weapon payloads are being developed;
    – the entire armed Hamas entity in Gaza.
    To that, it may be necessary to add the Assadist family leadership of Syria…”

    I’m interested in your opinion here, Arnold, because this is a close call. Israel needs to carefully target her enemies, hitting the right one at the right time. Here’s how I see it:

    1. Iran — VERY dangerous, at the moment. They have to be taken out, in my opinion, because I honestly believe that they would intentionally launch a suicidal war against Israel (and if they survive, against the rest of the world). They are ruled by a “council” which, in effect, boils down to one man, their Ayatollah; and he is a religious nut case. Iran ABSOLUTELY cannot be allowed to possess nuclear weapons and delivery systems.

    I hate words such as “ABSOLUTELY”, by the way, because the Israeli government has a way of trifling with them and putting a price on them. “HOW absolutely”? You want a thousand bloodthirsty killers released from jail? How much do I get for it? You want the Jews out of Gaza? For how much? You want the Jewish people? How much? Call me an AntiSemite; but honestly, sometimes the Jews behave just like Judah in the book of Genesis, when bartering with his brothers about the fate of Joseph:

    “Let’s not kill him… Let’s SELL him!”

    Let me put it this way: Iran has to be destroyed. If Israel doesn’t do it, God will save His people some other way. Like Queen Esther, and like Shadrach, Meshech and Abednigo, the leaders of Israel are where they are because of God’s doing. Whether through them, or through someone else, God will get the job done. As God said to Moses concerning ALL of Israel,

    “Stand back, Moses, and let me destroy them; and I will make of THEE a great nation!”

    Enough.

    2. HAMAS — a continual annoyance, like a fly buzzing around one’s ear. I don’t think they’re worth bothering with: Destroy Iran, and you’ve destoryed HAMAS.

    3. Syria — Assad is a devil; but Israel has found a way to live with him and his father for decades. Once he is out of the way, Israel will share its northern border with a very dangerous, blood-curdling enemy, namely Turkey. I think Israel should stay clear of Syria, and let the Turks and NATO do their wicked stuff there. By God’s grace, maybe they’ll all turn against one another.

  8. It will end, Andrew, only if and when Israel destroys:

    — the Iranian missiles located both in Iran and Lebanon;
    — the Hitlerite leadership of the Iranian state;
    — the nuclear facilities of Iran where nuclear weapon payloads are being developed;
    — the entire armed Hamas entity in Gaza.

    To that, it may be necessary to add the Assadist family leadership of Syria, and make ready for the next war with Egypt that the Moslem Brotherhood leadership will provoke as soon as the military government of that state is overthrown.

    This is for real, now. No time is left for illusions or any other fun and games.

    And at long last, stop worrying about whatever the non-Jewish world — including the leftist Jews in name only of the West — will say about any massive but targeted action that Israel’s armed forces must take in order to save the Jewish state from a second holocaust in 70 years.

    Arnold Harris
    Mount Horeb WI

  9. And on it goes.

    Only Israel is expected to comply with International law.

    Only Israel is expected to use proportionate force in war.

    Only Israel is expected to make concessions for peace.

    Only Israel is expected to allow foreigners to meddle in their internal politics.

    Only Israel is expected to divide their capital city.

    Only Israel is expected to tell their citizens where they can and can’t live.

    Where will it all end?

  10. Israel cannot find satisfaction in a war crimes tribunal, because Israel has not won the war. That will change in a few years, after all her enemies are vanquished.