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"It's Her Fault! She Fought Back When I Tried To Rape Her!"

The Israelis, in a pathetic attempt to shed the responsibilities incurred during the August war with Lebanon are now releasing self-serving videos and other evidence that purports to show that Hezbollah militants uses civilian infrastructure to fight the Israelis. Well that's a huge DUH, because that is exactly how guerrilla wars are waged. The people without the advantages of airpower and other military machinery utilizes all the tools available, including the civilian population, to launch their attacks. It has been that way since modern rebellions were waged and third world nations have started ejecting their colonizers. I should suspect that Hezbollah has been using similar tactics the last time Israel occupied the south from 1982 to 2000.

This time around they tried to subjugate a population using primarily air power and it didn't work. They found they would have to re-enter into another distasteful full-scale occupation that will not win them a lot of friends in the world, especially now thanks to instant internet news that will reveal all the messiness of that operation in real time. The only way Israelis can justify their misguided endeavor in Lebanon is to present themselves as victims, no matter how preposterous the claim is.

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