Militia
Aired 8/7/2006 Militia 
It is pretty safe to say that american media is anti-Hezbollah. Which may be only fair since Hezbollah is anti-America. But in the rush to declare their disdain for Hezbollah there has been a tendency to make some bogus arguments. For example there has been a tendency to look at the high ratio of civillian casualties and say that it is Hezbollah's fault and not Israel's because Hezbollah was operating withing civillian areas. Unfortunately, operating out of their homes is what citizen militia do. Criticizing a citizen millitia for operating out of their home is like criticizing an air force for flying. High percentages of civillian casualties comes from relying on bombing to conduct urban operations. No matter how smart you make them bombs won't be able to tell whether they are killing a bystander rather than an enemy.
It is pretty safe to say that american media is anti-Hezbollah. Which may be only fair since Hezbollah is anti-America. But in the rush to declare their disdain for Hezbollah there has been a tendency to make some bogus arguments. For example there has been a tendency to look at the high ratio of civillian casualties and say that it is Hezbollah's fault and not Israel's because Hezbollah was operating withing civillian areas. Unfortunately, operating out of their homes is what citizen militia do. Criticizing a citizen millitia for operating out of their home is like criticizing an air force for flying. High percentages of civillian casualties comes from relying on bombing to conduct urban operations. No matter how smart you make them bombs won't be able to tell whether they are killing a bystander rather than an enemy.
posted by Daniel Raymond at 7:39 PM
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